PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Freidrich Neitzel (ranked 4586 p4p, 531 weight class) and Jim Norwood (ranked 5834 p4p, 630 weight class). Neitzel comes to the ring accompanied by Relax, Take It Easy. Norwood has chosen Dhal Jaun Main-Akshay Kumar & Ileana D'cruz as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jim Norwood was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Neitzel
vs
Norwood

190 cm
18
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Red Light Coffeeshop
Fanatic Inc.

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Freidrich Neitzel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jim Norwood!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norwood scores with a jab to the body.
Neitzel misses with a wild combination.
Norwood works the jab nicely.

It looks like Freidrich Neitzel has been cut.

Norwood drops his shoulder and cracks Neitzel with a huge uppercut! Neitzel goes down! Can Norwood finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Norwood not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Neitzel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Norwood must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Norwood wants to pass the guard but Neitzel is keeping the position.
Norwood showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neitzel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Neitzel is adopting a defensive guard.
Neitzel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Neitzel dives in and grabs Norwood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Norwood pushes down on Neitzel's head and hops out.
Norwood jabs Neitzel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Neitzel is breathing heavily.
Neitzel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Norwood looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
BOOM! Norwood lands a beautiful left hook that drops Neitzel. Neitzel tries to recover but Norwood is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Neitzel lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Norwood!
A less than humble Jim Norwood misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
The defeated Freidrich Neitzel had this to say: 'This was a good learning experience for me. I will come back a better and stronger fighter.'.