PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nils Norling (ranked 224 p4p, 267 weight class) and Carter Wright (ranked 33 p4p, 42 weight class). Norling comes into the arena with Eminem - Go To Sleep blaring out of the sound system. Carter Wright has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Nils Norling's chin.

Norling
vs
Wright

185 cm
33
175
25 - 16 - 0

180 cm
33
181
27 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carter Wright!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norling scores with a body shot.
Wright fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Norling on the side of the head.

It looks like Nils Norling has been cut.
Norling moves out of range of the body kick.
Norling has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jim Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Wright ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice straight punches there by Norling. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Norling.

It looks like Carter Wright has been cut.
Wright takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Norling misses with a two punch combination.
Wright avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wright slips a jab and a cross from Norling.
Norling moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Norling misses with a wild combination.
Wright tries a quick counter leg kick but Norling is wise to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wright. That did some damage!
We've been informed that Wright has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nils Norling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Norling lands with an overhand left.
Norling throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Wright counter with a right hand.
No joy there for Wright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Norling slips a straight right by Wright.
Norling misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wright! But no joy.
Norling thumps Wright with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright walks into a straight right hand from Norling.
Wright rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Norling counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norling falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wright counters with a nice uppercut.
Norling scores with a nice strike.
Wright fails to land with a series of punches.
Wright lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Norling misses with an uppercut
and Wright counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Norling is rocked!
Wright takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling throws a left and a right that both miss

and Wright counters with a crisp right hand that drops Norling! Wright lets Norling back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Norling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Nils Norling's cut is getting worse.
Wright gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Norling counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wright sizes up Norling with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wright takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Norling seems to have got his legs back now.

That has opened up Carter Wright's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Norling scores with a decent looking hook.
Norling throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Norling scores with a jab. Wright acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Norling walks into a stiff left hand from Wright.
Wright avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norling moves out of range as Wright strikes.
Nice defenses there by Wright.
Wright doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Norling lands a jab to Wright's midsection.
Wright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Norling.
Wright is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Norling with a body shot.
Wright defending well as Norling loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Wright was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Norling is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wright.
Norling jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wright throws an off balance right hand
and Norling counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A lazy body kick from Norling
and Wright counters with a huge head kick that drops Norling! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carter Wright!
Our winner, Carter Wright, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.