PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russ Simons (ranked 1699 p4p, 3390 weight class) and Kevin Taylor (ranked 183 p4p, 354 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Simons
vs
Taylor

185 cm
20
265
6 - 1 - 0

200 cm
21
280
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Russ Simons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor lands an overhand right.
Nice shot by Taylor.

It looks like Russ Simons has been cut.
A big left from Simons misses.
Simons misses with a hook
and Taylor counters with a stiff right hand.
Simons throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Simons blocks a jab.
Simons moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Simons misses with a left hand
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
A jab from Simons misses.
Simons lands with a shot to the body.
Taylor slips under a jab from Simons.
Simons throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taylor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Taylor! But no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Simons misses with a hook.
Simons moves forwards but Taylor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Taylor moves out of range as Simons strikes.
Taylor cracks Simons with a good jab.
Simons tries to move into range but Taylor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Taylor is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Simons is just out of range.
Taylor scores with a nice right hand.
A big right from Simons misses.
Simons is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Taylor's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Taylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Simons should have avoided that one.
Simons throws a big shot that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Taylor.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor misses with an uppercut.
Taylor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Simons.
Simons on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Simons throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taylor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Taylor is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Simons had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Simons connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taylor. Taylor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Simons cracks Taylor with a good jab.

It looks like Kevin Taylor has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simons takes one to the side of the head.
Taylor misses with a shot to the body

and Simons counters with a crisp right hand that drops Taylor! Simons lets Taylor back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Taylor is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Simons. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Simons finish him?
Simons throws a pinpoint strike between Taylor's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Taylor crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Simons scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Russ Simons!
A very excited looking Russ Simons made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.