PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TIberio Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Brega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris's entrance music is The Killers - Jenny was a friend of mine. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Norris
vs
Brega

186 cm
27
199 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
198 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, TIberio Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Brega!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Norris gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Brega is trying to stand back up but Norris is controlling him
Brega keeping hold of Norris's head, controlling as best he can.
Norris controlling the pace.

Brega has one foot on Norris's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Brega tries to score a power double leg takedown but Norris sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brega somewhat.
Brega walks into a straight right hand from Norris.
Brega will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Brega closes the distance and pushes Norris back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brega landing knees to the body.
Brega lands a nice elbow.
Norris drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brega pulls his leg out and moves away.
Norris shoots in for a takedown but Brega shows good takedown defense.

Norris rushes Brega and presses him up against the cage.
Brega is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Norris is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brega pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TIberio Norris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norris takes an elbow to the temple.
Norris managing to block the knees to the body from Brega.
Norris is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brega lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Norris tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brega tries to land knees in the clinch but Norris avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Norris fails to land.
Norris swings wildly with an uppercut but Brega uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brega throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brega.
Brega lands an elbow inside that Norris shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brega crunches a lovely knee into Norris's ribcage.
Brega lands a nice elbow.
Norris is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brega pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Norris wants a takedown.
Norris has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Brega after a bit of a struggle.
Brega creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norris's defenses.
Norris on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brega gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Norris.
Brega unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Norris is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brega tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norris avoids it.
Brega creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norris's defenses.
Brega lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norris has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brega is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brega lands an elbow just above Norris 's eye.
Norris takes a knee right on the jaw!
Norris is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brega gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brega lands an elbow inside.
Brega working Norris over with knees to the body.
Brega lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brega lands an elbow inside.

It looks like TIberio Norris has been cut.
Norris avoiding damage as Brega throws knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brega lands a damaging elbow.
Brega lands a nice elbow.
Brega holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Brega lands an elbow that stopped Norris in his tracks for a moment.
Brega comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brega lands an elbow just above Norris 's eye.
Norris wants to break free but Brega has control.
Norris swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norris is trying to drag Brega to the mat but Brega just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Norris prevents the takedown attempt.
Brega is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Norris swings wildly with an uppercut but Brega uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brega missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brega lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Norris can't get the takedown.
Norris takes an elbow to the temple.

Norris is fighting off a takedown attempt but Brega is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Norris to the mat. Norris regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Brega dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TIberio Norris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Norris misses with a hook. Brega ducked under it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Norris as he connects with a hook.
Norris misses with an uppercut. Brega saw that one coming.

Brega has closed the distance and engaged Norris in a clinch.
Brega taking a breather.
Brega creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Norris's defenses.
Brega looking to throw knees to the head but Norris is blocking nicely.
Brega using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brega.
Brega lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norris has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brega avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Brega gets underhooks to prevent Norris's takedown attempt.
Norris is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TIberio Norris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norris is working for takedown but Brega is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brega gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Brega throwing strikes from guard but Norris blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brega is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Brega pushes down on Norris's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Brega looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Norris with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Norris trying to control here.
Norris wants to get back to full guard but Brega has mounted him!
Brega tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brega cracks Norris with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Brega connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Brega controlling his opponent.
Norris is desperately trying to improve his position but Brega has a good base and remains in mount.
Brega landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norris is looking to get to half guard.
Brega avoids the attempt from Norris to control.
Brega scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Norris?
Norris working to try and regain half guard.
Norris is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brega landing punches.
Brega raining down shots from the mount!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Brega! Norris is hurt baaadly! Brega is firing away with more strikes - Norris is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Brega!
After winning the bout, Antonio Brega thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.