PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Masato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charlie Norris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Don Masato's chin.

Norris
vs
Masato

163 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
27
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Slam-or-Fist

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Charlie Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Don Masato!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norris tests Masato's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Masato rushes Norris and presses him up against the cage.

Norris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Masato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Masato is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Masato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Masato works on Norris's body with a couple of short punches.
Masato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Masato tries to land knees in the clinch but Norris avoids the damage to the body.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Masato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norris's efforts to push away.
Norris is looking to break free of the clinch but Masato has double underhooks.
Masato has a couple of punches blocked by Norris.
Masato stalling against the cage.
Masato lands a hook that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Masato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Norriss head.
Masato prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
Norris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norris is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Norris is trying to break free.
Masato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norris's efforts to push away.
Masato keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Masato cracks Norris with a nice body shot.
Masato lands a nice shot to the body.
Masato lands a hook that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Masato tries to land knees in the clinch but Norris avoids the damage to the body.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Masato has Norris pushed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Masato.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Norris is trying to break free.
Masato is working Norris over against the cage.
Masato is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting on Masato's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Masato keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Masato has the dominant position.
Masato missing with knees to the body.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Norris working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Masato.
A short right from Masato on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Masato.
Masato stalling against the cage.
Masato receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Masato is controlling him.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Masato is controlling the position.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Masato won't allow it.
Norris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Masato's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Masato lands a body shot.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Masato lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Masato.
A right handed body shot lands from Masato.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Masato.
A bit of stalling here from Masato.
Masato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Norris breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norris throws a lazy uppercut

and Masato counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Norris is trying to stall.
Masato stalling against the cage.
Masato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Norris tries to circle away but Masato has him pinned against the cage.
Norris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Norris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Masato keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norris is trying to break free.
Masato keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Masato displaying some good clinch control by pressing Norris up against the cage.
Masato throws a knee to the head but misses.
Masato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Masato - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Norris breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Norris rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Masato counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Masato ducks under a wild hook from Norris.
Norris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masato.
A shot to the body from Norris misses

and Masato counters by moving into the clinch.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Masato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Masato.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Masato prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
Masato taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Norris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Masato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Masato is controlling him.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Masato is controlling the position.
Masato with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masato creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Norris is trying to break free.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Masato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Norris misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Masato dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Masato has managed to clinch.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Masato leaning against his opponent.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Masato has the dominant position.
Masato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Masato is controlling the position.
Masato lands an uppercut.
Masato manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Masato has Norris pressed against the cage, preventing Norris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A bit of stalling here from Masato.
Masato keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Masato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Masato.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Norris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Norris letting Masato take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masato is trying to maintain a safe position but Norris gets an underhook and turns Masato into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Masato as the two fighters clinch.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Masato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masato scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Masato.
Masato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Norris avoids it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Masato scores with a shot to the side of Norris's head.
Masato looking to slow down the pace here.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Masato stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Masato is breathing heavily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Don Masato.
Norris throws a sloppy body shot
and Masato counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Norris with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Norris avoids the body shot from Masato.
Masato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Masato moves into the clinch.
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Masato has Norris pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Masato won't allow it.
A right hook to the body lands for Masato.
Masato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Masato prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
Masato misses with some punches.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Masato trying to control the position but instead, Norris has worked for underhooks and has pushed Masato into the cage.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Masato has the dominant position.
Masato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Norris is keeping busy.
Masato pushes Norris back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Masato taking a breather.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Masato stalling the fight.

Norris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norris throws a right hand that misses
and Masato counters with a three punch combo that has Norris backing up. Norris nods at Masato to acknowledge the strikes.
Don Masato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Masato ducks under a wild hook from Norris.
Norris throws an off balance right hand
letting Masato counter with a right hand.
Charlie Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris misses with a jab to the body

and Masato counters by moving into the clinch.
Masato has Norris pressed against the cage, preventing Norris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Masato won't allow it.
Masato is struggling to control the position.
Norris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Norris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Masato keeps control of Norris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norris is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Masato's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Masato swings wildly with an uppercut but Norris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masato misses with a knee strike.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Masato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Norris tries to circle away but Masato has him pinned against the cage.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Masato looking to stall.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Norris tries to circle away but Masato has him pinned against the cage.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Masato throws an elbow but it misses.
A shot in the inside from Masato.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
With the fighters up against the cage, Masato throws an elbow but misses.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Norris takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Norris is trying to break free.
Masato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Masato trying to stall but Norris improves his position.
Masato lands with a right to the head.
Masato lands with a left to the head.
Masato dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Masato prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
Masato is leaning against Norris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masato.
Masato wants to stall.

Norris breaks the clinch.
Norris misses with a looping left.

Masato clinches up with Norris and pushes him back against the cage.
Norris wants to stall.
Masato is looking to control Norris's arms but Norris gets an underhook and turns him. Now Masato has his back to the cage.
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A bit of stalling here from Masato.
Masato prevents Norris from breaking the clinch.
Norris is trying to break free.
Masato with a knee to the head.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Masato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norris's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Masato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Masato clinches with his opponent.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Masato landing knees to the head.
Norris is trying to break free.
Norris has had enough of the clinch but Masato keeps him there for the moment.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Masato is controlling the position.
Norris has had enough of the clinch but Masato keeps him there for the moment.
Norris can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Masato.
A frustrated look appears on Norris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Masato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Norris tries to circle away but Masato has him pinned against the cage.
Masato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norris's efforts to push away.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A hook to the body from Masato.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris has had enough of the clinch but Masato keeps him there for the moment.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Masato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Norris can't break the clinch.
Norris managing to block the knees to the body from Masato.
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Norris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Norris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Norris takes an elbow to the forehead.
Masato is leaning against Norris and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Masato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norris's efforts to push away.
Masato pressing his opponent against the cage.
Norris is trying to push Masato away but Masato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Masato landing knees to the head.
Norris has had enough of the clinch but Masato keeps him there for the moment.
Norris wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Norris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Masato connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Norris tests Masato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Norris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Masato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Masato ducks under a wild hook from Norris.

Masato takes the fight into the clinch.

Norris's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Norris misses with a lunging right hand
and Masato counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Charlie Norris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Don Masato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Masato has closed the distance and engaged Norris in a clinch.
Norris is trying to break free.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Masato won't allow it.
Masato is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Norris is defending well for now.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Norris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Masato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Masato has the dominant position.
Norris is trying to force a seperation but Masato has the dominant position.
Masato prevents a body shot from Norris.
Norris avoiding damage as Masato throws knees to the body.
Norris is looking to break free of the clinch but Masato has double underhooks.
Norris blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norris working hard to break the clinch.
Masato digs a right hand into Norris's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Norris's gas tank.
Norris wants to break free but Masato has control.
Masato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Norriss head.
Norris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris tries to throw a body punch but Masato avoids it by throwing Norris back against the cage.
Norris is trying to break free.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Masato won't allow it.
A short right from Masato on the inside.
Norris tries to break free but Masato pushes him back against the cage.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Masato holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Norris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Masato.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Masato is controlling him.
Norris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Norris wants to break the clinch but can't.
Masato slowing the pace effectively.
Norris tries to break the clinch but Masato is controlling the position.
Masato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Norris working hard to break the clinch.
Masato unloads a knee to the mid-section. Norris lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Norris being controlled against the cage.
Norris lands with a left to the head.
Masato with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Masato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masato lands a hook that snaps the head of Norris backwards.
Norris takes a shot to the head.
Masato is working Norris over against the cage.
Masato stalling.
Norris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masato has him pressed against the cage.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Masato won't allow it.
Norris lands a right hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Masato.
Norris working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norris wants to stall.
Norris fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Masato using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Norris has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Masato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Masato has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Masato!