PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toby Keith Yrkje (ranked 287 p4p, 383 weight class) and Nils Norling (ranked 32 p4p, 45 weight class). Yrkje kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is As Good As I Once Was. Norling has chosen Eminem - Go To Sleep as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Yrkje
vs
Norling

187 cm
31
180
22 - 13 - 0

185 cm
30
175
19 - 11 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toby Keith Yrkje!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yrkje slips a jab and a cross from Norling.
Norling misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yrkje. That's going to slow Norling down.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
I was talking to Yrkje's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Norling.
Norling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Norling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yrkje throws a head punch that misses.
The referee calls for Yrkje to work.
Yrkje misses with the head strike.
Norling lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Yrkje.
Norling working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Norling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Norling's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yrkje lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Norling softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Norling blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norling blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling misses with some punches.
A short right from Norling.
Norling is looking to break free of the clinch but Yrkje has double underhooks.
Yrkje misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yrkje is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Norling is keeping busy.
Norling lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yrkje backwards.
Yrkje tries a body shot but Norling blocks it.
Norling working hard to break the clinch.
Yrkje makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yrkje blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norling swings wildly with an uppercut but Yrkje uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yrkje tries to throw a body punch but Norling avoids it by throwing Yrkje back against the cage.
Norling working aggressively here.
Yrkje blocks an uppercut.
Norling misses with a punch on the inside.

Norling manages to break the clinch.
Yrkje buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yrkje buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yrkje punishes Norling's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norling throws a lazy right hand but Yrkje sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Norling lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Toby Keith Yrkje has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Yrkje gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yrkje lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Norling lands a hook that snaps the head of Yrkje backwards.
Yrkje swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norling working hard to break the clinch.
Yrkje blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Yrkje working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yrkje digs a right hand underneath Norling's ribcage. Norling let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yrkje.
Norling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yrkje lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yrkje tries to throw a body punch but Norling avoids it by throwing Yrkje back against the cage.

Norling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Yrkje.
Yrkje lands a leg kick that knocks Norling off balance momentarily.
Norling takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yrkje lands with a cross.
A big right from Yrkje misses.
Yrkje throws a big shot that misses.
Toby Keith Yrkje seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yrkje fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Yrkje takes the fight into the clinch.
Yrkje scores with a shoulder strike.
Norling blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Norling lands with a left to the head.
Norling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norling.
Norling misses with some punches.
Yrkje lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Yrkje fails to land.
Norling misses with the head strike.
Norling misses with a punch to the body.
Yrkje blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Yrkje fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yrkje pushes Norling back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Yrkje.
A head punch on the inside from Norling fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Norling's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yrkje tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Norling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Norling prevents a body shot from Yrkje.
Yrkje misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yrkje misses with the head strike.
Norling lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yrkje misses with the head strike.
Yrkje blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yrkje goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Norling lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Norling fails to land.
Yrkje lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yrkje blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yrkje working aggressively here.
Norling blocks a body shot from Yrkje.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yrkje.

Norling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Toby Keith Yrkje will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Toby Keith Yrkje'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.

Yrkje misses with a body shot
and Norling counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yrkje. That's going to slow Norling down.
Yrkje lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yrkje connects with a looping right hand.
Toby Keith Yrkje is winning the standup battle so far.
Norling ducks under a wild hook from Yrkje.
Yrkje cracks Norling with an open hand slap.
Yrkje connects with a solid leg kick.
Norling on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Norling!
Norling swats away the attempt to clinch by Yrkje.
Norling ducks under a wild hook from Yrkje.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yrkje connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Norling momentarily.
Yrkje throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Norling counters with a nice right hand that sends Yrkje toppling to the canvas! Yrkje scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Norling finish him?!

Yrkje is rocked!
Norling throws the left hand but Yrkje avoids the punch easily.
Oh Yrkje is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yrkje tries to clinch
and Norling counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nils Norling!
Nils Norling spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.