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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shannon Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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199 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shannon Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake Tyler!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyler is trying to get back to half guard.
Taylor wants to control but Tyler is keeping him busy.
A lull in the action here.
Tyler sneaks back into half guard.
Taylor prevents Tyler from standing back up.
Tyler slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Taylor stops Tyler from standing up.
Tyler throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Tyler trying to keep a closed guard but Taylor is proving a slippery customer.
Taylor won't allow Tyler to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tyler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Taylor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tyler wants to stand and escape but Taylor is having none of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tyler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tyler.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Tyler scores with a leg kick.
Taylor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taylor swinging wilding here.
Tyler tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Tyler lands a head kick. Taylor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tyler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Taylor moves out of range of the body kick.
Jake Tyler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tyler fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Taylor prevents Tyler from improving his position.
Taylor prevents Tyler from standing back up.
Tyler is refusing to be controlled, as Taylor sits in half guard.
Tyler kicks off Taylor and gets to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tyler. Taylor shrugs it off though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler moves into the clinch successfully.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taylor steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tyler. That one must have hurt.
Taylor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tyler tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyler has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Tyler wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taylor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tyler pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tyler scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor shoots in looking for a takedown. Tyler tries to sprawl out of it but Taylor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tyler manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shannon Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tyler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tyler keeps Taylor at a distance using the push kick.
Taylor is looking to clinch but Tyler is avoiding it.
Tyler throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Tyler.
Tyler looks for the body kick but Taylor saw that one coming.
Tyler goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Taylor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyler circles away.
Taylor tries for a takedown but Tyler sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Tyler.
Taylor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jake Tyler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyler misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Tyler dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tyler throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Taylor's head.
Taylor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taylor takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tyler moves into the clinch.
Tyler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler tries to clinch up.
Tyler thuds his shin into the meat of Taylor's side.
Taylor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tyler, pushing him back against the cage.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyler throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tyler scores with a head kick.
Taylor has Tyler up against the cage in a clinch.
Tyler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor throws a hook to the side of Tyler's head but Tyler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor throws a lazy head kick
and Tyler counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyler throws a head kick that misses
and Taylor counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tyler pushes Taylor off looking to stand but Taylor dives back in and keeps control.
Taylor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tyler's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor is trying to work for a kimura but Tyler is defending well.
Taylor passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tyler!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tyler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tyler is looking to improve his position but Taylor isn't that keen on the idea.
Taylor looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Tyler is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is wriggling around trying to escape.
Taylor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tyler is trying to escape the mount.
Taylor won't let Tyler get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Tyler throwing hammer fists to the chest of Taylor. What's that going to do exactly?
Tyler is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tyler is trying desperately to improve position.
Taylor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tyler is looking to escape.
Tyler tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Taylor wants to finish this one by submission but Tyler is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Taylor.
Tyler tries to lock up and control but Taylor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tyler throwing hammer fists to the chest of Taylor. What's that going to do exactly?
Tyler is squirming around, avoiding Taylor's attempts to control the action.
Taylor is really struggling to control Tyler but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Taylor won't let Tyler get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Taylor tries to control but Tyler wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shannon Taylor dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Tyler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyler is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Taylor rather than just go for the knockout.
Tyler tries to clinch up
and Taylor counters with a good low kick that Tyler was not able to check.
Tyler moves in looking to clinch but Taylor pushes him off.
Taylor gets a clinch.
Tyler wants to break free but Taylor has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Taylor scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tyler letting Taylor take a breather here.
Tyler can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Tyler has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyler is pressed up against the cage. Taylor has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tyler down to the mat. Tyler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tyler, right into the meat.
Taylor tries to clinch but Tyler is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Tyler misses
and Taylor counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tyler's guard now.
Tyler keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.
Tyler is looking to stand up but Taylor isn't so interested in that idea.
Taylor preventing the sweep.
Tyler is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Taylor is controlling him.
Tyler trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tyler is trying to control the action in half guard but Taylor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tyler prevents Taylor from standing back up.
Taylor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Taylor manages to get to full guard.
Tyler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tyler trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Tyler tries to stand but Taylor is controlling from the bottom.
Taylor working for a triangle but Tyler defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Taylor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tyler stuffs the takedown attempt from Taylor. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shannon Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tyler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyler slips a straight right by Taylor.
Tyler lands a head kick. Taylor smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tyler misses with a body kick.
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.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Tyler blocks the body kick.
Tyler throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Taylor's head.
Tyler dodges the punch combination from Taylor.
Tyler misses with a head kick.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tyler but Tyler pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tyler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Taylor.
Tyler lets loose with a powerful body kick. Taylor will feel that in the morning.
Tyler has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tyler smiles and moves away.
Tyler bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shannon Taylor.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shannon Taylor!
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energy
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RATING
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