PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Woods
vs
Norton

188 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

186 cm
22
216 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Firebird Designs
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Norton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Norton falls off balance throwing a combination

and Woods counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Norton's guard now.
Woods wants to pass the guard but Norton is keeping the position.

Woods drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Woods jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Woods loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Woods preventing the sweep.
Norton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Woods working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Norton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woods.
Woods missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Woods throws and elbow that misses. Norton uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Woods's guard. Nice move by Norton!
Norton preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods keeping moving, preventing Norton from controlling successfully.

Woods throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Norton escapes and throws Woods's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Norton trying to control the position but Woods is working away.
Woods tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Woods is looking for a sweep.
Woods is working hard here to advance position.
Woods avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Norton.
Woods is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Woods manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Woods trying to advance position but Norton counters by regaining guard.
Woods with a flurry of punches that miss.
Norton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Woods is one step ahead there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Woods throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Norton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Norton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Norton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Woods.
Woods 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.
Woods prevents Norton from getting back to his feet.
Norton controlling the position.

Norton scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton looks to score with a jab to the body but Woods is just out of range.
A good leg kick by Norton.
Woods slips a jab and a cross from Norton.
Norton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Woods takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Norton lands a high kick!
Norton digs a good hook to Woods's body.
Norton misses the shot to the body.
Woods keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Norton.
Norton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 throws a body punch but Woods moves out of range.
Norton throws a wild body kick that Woods sees coming a mile off.
Woods slips under a jab.
Norton thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Woods if he has to take too many more of those.
Norton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Norton throws a combination that misses

so Woods counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Norton striking off his back but it's not causing Woods any problems.
Woods throws a strike but Norton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Norton passes into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Norton controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taylor Norton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Woods fails with a takedown attempt.
Woods shoots for a takedown but Norton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Norton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That kick from Norton tenderised Woods's leg. Woods is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Norton clinches up with Woods and pushes him back against the cage.
Norton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norton stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Norton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Woods looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Woods. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Norton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton cracks the inside of Woods's front leg.
Norton throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Woods crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Taylor Norton!