PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noe Norton (ranked 4550 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Young (ranked 5070 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Norton
vs
Young

176 cm
24
346 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Noe Norton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Young!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Young looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Norton is looking for a triangle here but Young uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Norton tries to bench press Young off him but Young keeps the position.
Norton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norton is trying to improve his position.
Norton gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Young seems to be looking for submissions.
Young takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Young misses with a head shot. Norton uses the momentum to regain guard.
Young controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Norton tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two 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.
Young throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Norton pushes Young off and scrambles back to his feet.

Young is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Norton's half guard.
Norton looks like he's trying to stand up.
Norton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Norton wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton is trying to stand back up but Young is controlling him
Young wants to stand up but Norton is controlling the position.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Norton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Young is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Norton defends it well.
Norton moves into full guard.
Young wants to control from the top but Norton keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Young passes Norton's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Young looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Norton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Norton is staying active underneath Young, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Norton on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Norton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Young is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Norton manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Young dominated that round.
That's time! Norton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Young tries to keep at a distance but Norton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Norton tries to break the clinch but Young is controlling the position.

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

Young scores with a takedown into Norton's guard.
Norton wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Young manages to pass to side control.
Young is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Young is looking to take a break and control but Norton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Young slips a nice elbow through Norton's hands, connecting with Norton's forehead.
Young working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Norton is rocked!
Young unloads with some huge strikes here! Norton is out! Young wins by brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jack Young!