PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris has chosen Six Feet Under - Lycanthropy as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Art Vandelay has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Art Vandelay seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Vandelay
vs
Norris

167 cm
24
183 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

182 cm
31
181 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Art Vandelay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buck Norris!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vandelay rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norris stuffs the takedown.
Vandelay fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Norris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Norris tries to score a power double leg takedown but Vandelay sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Norris somewhat.
Vandelay scores with the left hand. Norris knows he should have avoided that one.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick and Norris moves out of range easily.
Vandelay scores with a nice strike.
Vandelay thows a body shot but no joy.
Vandelay shoots in but Norris avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Norris misses with a head kick.
Vandelay takes a swing at Norris's ribcage but misses.
Norris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vandelay's calf.
Norris throws a hook to the side of Vandelay's head but Vandelay sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris scoring well with a low kick there.

Vandelay gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Norris to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vandelay controlling Norris's posture.
Norris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Norris wants to control from the top but Vandelay keeps moving.
Vandelay managing to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Art Vandelay wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Norris tries to clinch up but Vandelay circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Vandelay closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vandelay misses with the head strike.
A short left from Norris.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norris lands a shoulder strike.
Vandelay pushes Norris back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vandelay prevents a body shot from Norris.
A head punch on the inside from Vandelay fails to land.
Norris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vandelay.

Vandelay breaks from the clinch.
Norris fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vandelay manages to avoid it.
Norris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vandelay.
Norris closes the distance and clinches up with Vandelay, looking for a takedown. Norris pushes Vandelay against the cage but Vandelay circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Norris throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Vandelay tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Norris is in Vandelay's guard.
Vandelay seems keen to control Norris's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vandelay is working hard here to advance position.
Vandelay might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Norris postures up in Vandelay's guard and throws a big left but Vandelay blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Norris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vandelay manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Vandelay tries to control but Norris wriggling away.
Vandelay avoids the attempt from Norris to control.
Norris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Norris is in all sorts of trouble here.
Vandelay tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay punching from mount but Norris doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Norris can't escape the position.
Norris is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Norris is squirming around, avoiding Vandelay's attempts to control the action.
Norris takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vandelay landing strikes, looking to finish!
Vandelay content just to control the position here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay looking to control but Norris is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vandelay is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Vandelay connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Norris is trying desperately to improve position.
Vandelay with a couple of short strikes.
Norris wants to control but Vandelay is having none of it.
Vandelay wants to control the pace but Norris is squirming around nicely.
Vandelay thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay landing shots from mount.

Norris is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vandelay wants to control the pace but Norris is squirming around nicely.
Norris is still in real trouble! Can Vandelay finish him?
Norris is working to get back to half guard.
Norris seems to have recovered his senses.
Vandelay thowing shots but they're missing.
Vandelay raining down shots from the mount!
Vandelay controlling his opponent.
Vandelay is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Norris can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vandelay postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Norris bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Vandelay and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Art Vandelay!
Art Vandelay made sure to mention his sponsor, -OVERDOSE Factory- in his post fight interview.