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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huang Di (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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171 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
8 - 6 - 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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huang Di!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Norman does no damage.
Norman moves in looking to clinch but Di pushes him off.
Di tries to clinch
and Norman counters with a series of strikes. Di will be more careful next time no doubt.
Di clinches but Norman breaks the clinch
and Norman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Norman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Di moves into the clinch.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Norman misses with an elbow strike.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Di with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norman blocks it with crossed arms.
Norman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Di has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norman missing with knees to the body.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norman blocks it with crossed arms.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norman blocks it with crossed arms.
Di keeps control of Norman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Norman.
Norman misses with a punch on the inside.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Norman.
Di looks gassed!
Norman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Di scores with a knee to the head.
Norman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Di is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but Norman blocks with his arms.
Norman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Di's defenses.
Norman scores a nice knee to the body.
Norman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norman tries to pull guard but Di won't allow it.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Di takes an elbow to the temple.
Norman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Norman lands an elbow inside that Di shrugs off.
Norman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Di's defenses.
Di on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Di avoids it.
Norman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Norman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Di is defending well for now.
Norman lands a nice elbow.
Di avoiding damage as Norman throws knees to the body.
Di blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Di avoids a wild elbow strike from Norman.
Norman misses with a knee strike.
Norman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Di unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Di misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Norman.
Di misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Norman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Di in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Di dodges an elbow strike from Norman.
Norman managing to block the knees to the body from Di.
Norman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Di's face.
Norman tries to break the clinch but Di is controlling the position.
Norman misses with a knee to the head.
Di with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Di connects with a knee to the head.
Norman avoids the elbow strike from Di, against the cage.
Di 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 trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Di.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Norman has had enough of the clinch but Di keeps him there for the moment.
Di avoids the elbow strike from Norman, against the cage.
Di lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Di obliges.
Di 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 takes a knee right on the jaw!
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Di avoiding damage as Norman throws knees to the body.
Norman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Di with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but Norman blocks with his arms.
Norman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Norman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Di walks away with a smile on his face. Norman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Di closes the distance but Norman moves to the side
and Norman counters with a series of strikes. Di will be more careful next time no doubt.
Di clinches up with Norman and pushes him back against the cage.
Norman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Di avoids it.
Di blocks an elbow strike from Norman.
Di creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norman's defenses.
Di misses with a knee strike.
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Di crunches a lovely knee into Norman's ribcage.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norman blocks it with crossed arms.
Di avoids a wild elbow strike from Norman.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Di leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Di connects with a nasty looking knee right to Norman's face.
Norman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Norman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Di lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four 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.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Norman avoiding damage as Di throws knees to the body.
Norman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Di lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Norman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Di dodges an elbow strike from Norman.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norman throws an elbow but misses.
Di lands a knee to the body.
Di missing with knees to the body.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Norman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norman blocks it with crossed arms.
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Norman pushes Di back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Di lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Di gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Norman tries to pull guard but Di won't allow it.
Norman throws a punch but it's blocked by Di.
Di scores with a knee to the head.
Di tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norman avoids it.
Di avoids a wild elbow strike from Norman.
Norman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Di lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Di putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Norman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Norman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Norman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christopher Norman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Norman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norman manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Norman.
Norman lands a glancing blow to the side of Di's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Di.
A leg kick checked by Di.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Di has closed the distance and engaged Norman in a clinch.
Di looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Norman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norman working aggressively here.
Di misses with a knee strike.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Di with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Norman obliges.
Norman tries a knee to the head but Di blocks it.
Norman lands with a light punch inside.
Norman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Norman lands an elbow just above Di 's eye.
Norman lands a damaging elbow.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Norman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Di dodges an elbow strike from Norman.
Di takes an elbow to the temple.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but Norman blocks with his arms.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Norman lands a knee to the body.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norman throws an elbow but misses.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Di lands a knee to the head.
Di connects with a knee to the head.
Norman looking to throw knees to the head but Di is blocking nicely.
Di landing knees to the head.
Norman missing with knees to the body.
Di with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Di misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norman.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Norman trying to land knees to the body.
Di landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Di creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
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.
Di pushes off an throws an elbow but Norman leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Di using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Norman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Di landing knees to the head.
Norman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Di avoids it.
Di throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norman blocks it with crossed arms.
A body shot lands from Norman.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Norman.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Norman is blocking nicely.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Di avoids the elbow strike from Norman, against the cage.
Norman jumps into guard, dragging Di to the mat.
Norman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Di is controlling him.
Di gets to his feet. Norman looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick from Di lands but Norman takes it in his stride.
Norman swinging wildly here.
Norman shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Di is trying to defend but Norman finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Di can do anything to dispel that myth.
Di pushes Norman off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Norman, pushing him back against the cage.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Di avoids the elbow strike from Norman, against the cage.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Christopher Norman will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Di circles away from the clinch attempt
and Di counters with a nice leg kick.
Di tries to clinch up but Norman circles away and keeps his distance.
Norman lands a really nice looking cross but Di seems unphased.
Di tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Norman is able to avoid easily.
Norman clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norman throws an elbow that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Norman.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Norman avoids a wild elbow strike from Di.
Norman swings wildly with an uppercut but Di uses good head movement to avoid it.
Di with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Di leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Norman missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman lands a damaging elbow.
Norman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Di walks away with a smile on his face. Norman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Norman.
Di darts in trying to clinch
and Norman counters by clinching up.
Norman looking to throw knees to the head but Di is blocking nicely.
Norman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Di is defending well for now.
Norman is trying to break the clinch but Di has him pressed against the cage.
Di tries to land a knee to the head but Norman blocks with his arms.
Norman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Di tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Di takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Di.
Di avoiding damage as Norman throws knees to the body.
Norman misses with an elbow over the top.
Di scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Di obliges.
Norman tries to pull guard but Di holds him up against the cage and eventually Norman drops back down to his feet.
Norman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
Di tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norman avoids it.
Norman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Di backwards.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Norman is blocking nicely.
Di 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.
Nice body punch from Norman.
Still in the clinch, Norman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Di misses with a knee to the head.
Di scores a nice knee to the body.
Di trying to land knees to the body.
Norman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norman looking to throw knees to the head but Di is blocking nicely.
Norman missing with knees to the body.
Norman missing with knees to the body.
Di trying to stall but Norman improves his position.
Norman misses with an elbow strike.
Di tries to land knees in the clinch but Norman avoids the damage to the body.
Norman lands an elbow that stopped Di in his tracks for a moment.
Di trying to land knees to the body.
Norman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Di smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christopher Norman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Di clinches but Norman breaks the clinch
and Norman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
No luck for Norman with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di wants to clinch
and Norman counters by moving into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Di.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Di obliges.
Norman blocks an elbow strike.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Norman is blocking nicely.
Di tries a knee to the head but Norman blocks it.
Norman tries to pull guard but Di won't allow it.
Di scores with a knee to the head.
Norman managing to block the knees to the body from Di.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Norman.
Norman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Norman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Di.
Di tries to land knees in the clinch but Norman avoids the damage to the body.
Di tries a knee to the head but Norman blocks it.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Norman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Di avoids it.
Norman throws an elbow but it misses.
Di landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Di connects with a nasty looking knee right to Norman's face.
Di throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norman tries to land knees in the clinch but Di avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Norman.
Norman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Norman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Di.
Di managing to block the knees to the body from Norman.
Di throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A body shot lands from Norman.
Di throws an elbow but it misses.
Norman lands an elbow that stopped Di in his tracks for a moment.
Norman struggles to land a body shot inside as Di controls his hands.
Norman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Di is defending well for now.
Norman pushes off an throws an elbow but Di leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Di tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norman avoids it.
Di tries to land knees in the clinch but Norman avoids the damage to the body.
Di looking to throw knees to the head but Norman is blocking nicely.
Norman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Di creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norman's defenses.
Norman avoiding damage as Di throws knees to the body.
Norman jumps into guard, dragging Di to the mat.
Norman wants to stand up but Di is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Christopher Norman.
Well Norman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Christopher Norman!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Christopher Norman!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Christopher Norman!
Christopher Norman wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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