PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Troy Deimos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Troy Deimos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Deimos
vs
Norton

184 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Troy Deimos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Graham Norton!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deimos swats away the attempt to clinch by Norton.
Deimos avoids a kick to the body.

Deimos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Deimos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Deimos throwing shots but Norton is blocking nicely.
Norton wants to get back to his feet.
Deimos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Deimos is trying to control the action in half guard but Norton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Deimos thows a huge punch but Norton dodges it nicely.
Deimos prevents Norton from improving his position.
Deimos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Norton defending well though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Deimos gets a clinch.
Deimos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton misses with an elbow strike.
Norton misses with a knee strike.
Norton lands a knee to the body.
Norton wants to stall.
Norton crunches a lovely knee into Deimos's ribcage.
Deimos is breathing heavily.
Norton trying to stall but Deimos improves his position.
Deimos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Norton with a knee to the head.
Norton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Norton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Deimos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Norton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Norton landing knees to the head.
Norton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Norton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Deimos letting Norton take a breather here.
Norton lands a knee to the body.
Norton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Norton tries to land a knee to the head but Deimos blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deimos tries to pull guard but Norton won't allow it.
Norton landing knees to the body.
Norton pressing his opponent against the cage.
Deimos goes for a takedown attempt but Norton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Deimos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Norton as Deimos shoots in.
Deimos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Deimos fails with a takedown attempt.

Deimos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Deimos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Deimos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deimos won't let Norton get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Deimos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Norton blocking the ground and pound.

Deimos has hold of Norton's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Norton manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Norton tries to hold on but Deimos pushes him away.
Deimos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Norton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Deimos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Deimos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Norton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Norton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Deimos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Deimos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Norton hang on?
Deimos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Deimos looking to finish Norton with some ground and pound. This is bad for Norton!

Norton is rocked!
Deimos lands a nice shot to the head.
Norton is still in real trouble! Can Deimos finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Deimos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deimos lands a nice shot to the head.
Norton taking shots to the head.
Deimos with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Norton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Deimos dominating with strikes here.
Deimos lands a big shot there that rocks Norton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Deimos cracks Norton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Norton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Norton seems to have recovered his senses.
Deimos landing shots from mount.
BOOM! Deimos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Deimos lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Norton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Deimos raining down shots from the mount!
Deimos avoids the attempt from Norton to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Deimos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Deimos looks for a takedown but Norton sprawls well.
Deimos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Deimos closes the distance and clinches.
Norton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Norton lands a nice elbow.
Norton lands an elbow inside.
Norton stops a takedown attempt from Deimos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Deimos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Come on Norton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Norton scores with a knee to the head.
Norton stalling the fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norton wants to stall.
Deimos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Norton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Norton missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deimos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Norton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Deimos looks for a takedown but Norton sprawls well.
Norton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Troy Deimos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norton tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Deimos counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Norton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Deimos.
Deimos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Deimos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Deimos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Norton defends it well.
Deimos is pressing down on Norton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Norton is holding on for now.
Deimos throws a strike but Norton avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton keeping moving, preventing Deimos from controlling successfully.
Troy Deimos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Deimos throwing strikes from guard but Norton blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Deimos shoots in for a takedown but Norton shows good takedown defense.
Deimos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Norton.
Graham Norton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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!

Norton gets a clinch.
Norton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Deimos wants a takedown.
Norton is pressed up against the cage. Deimos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Norton down to the mat. Norton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Deimos clinches up against the cage.
Norton tries to land knees in the clinch but Deimos avoids the damage to the body.
Norton misses with an elbow over the top.
Deimos avoiding damage as Norton throws knees to the body.
Deimos goes for a takedown attempt but Norton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Deimos scores with a takedown into Norton's guard.
Deimos looking to pass the guard.
Norton wants to stand but Deimos is controlling the position.
Norton is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Deimos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Deimos prevents Norton from getting back to his feet.

Deimos postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Norton is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Deimos, into his guard.
Deimos trying to strike off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Deimos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Deimos striking off his back but it's not causing Norton any problems.
Deimos wants to sweep here but Norton controlling him for the moment.

Deimos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Deimos tries to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norton looking to pass the guard.
Deimos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Norton stopping the sweep attempt from Deimos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Graham Norton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Deimos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Deimos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Deimos takes the fight into the clinch.
Deimos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Norton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Deimos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Norton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Deimos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Deimos is working for takedown but Norton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Norton lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Norton crunches a lovely knee into Deimos's ribcage.
Norton pressing his opponent against the cage.
Deimos wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton lands a knee to the body.
Norton misses with a knee strike.
Norton lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Norton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Norton lands a nice knee to the body.
Norton tries to stall but Deimos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Deimos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Norton fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Deimos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Deimos showed some decent athleticism there.
Deimos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Deimos slips a nice elbow through Norton's hands, connecting with Norton's forehead.
Deimos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Deimos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Norton's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deimos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Deimos wants to control but Norton is keeping him busy.
Norton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Deimos.
Deimos trying to control from half guard but Norton is working away.
Deimos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Norton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Deimos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Deimos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Norton is staying active underneath Deimos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Deimos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Deimos lands with a punch from half guard.
Deimos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Norton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Deimos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deimos is pressing down on Norton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Norton is holding on for now.
Deimos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Deimos is keen to just control but Norton is a slippery customer.
Deimos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Deimos thows a huge punch but Norton dodges it nicely.
Deimos wants to take a breather but Norton is having none of it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Deimos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Norton wants to get back to full guard.
Deimos trying to pass the guard but Norton defending well.
Norton trying to control here.
Deimos scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deimos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Norton on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Norton is trying to stand.
Norton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Deimos.
Norton is trying to stand up here but Deimos is controlling him well.
Deimos looks to land a strike but Norton avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Norton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Norton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Deimos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Deimos connects with a couple of short punches.
Deimos thows a big elbow that misses.
Deimos landing with the ground and pound.
Deimos scoring with some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Troy Deimos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Deimos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Deimos!