PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Taylor
vs
Churchill

170 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

180 cm
20
175 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Ryan Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Winston Churchill!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Churchill clinches with his opponent.
Taylor avoids a wild elbow strike from Churchill.
Taylor landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Churchill wants to stall.
Churchill misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Churchill has Taylor pressed against the cage.
Taylor misses with a knee strike.
Churchill with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ryan Taylor has been cut.
Taylor unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Taylor unloads a knee to the mid-section. Churchill lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Churchill tries to land a knee to the head but Taylor blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Churchill looking to slow down the pace here.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Winston Churchill has been cut.
Nice elbow from Taylor.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Churchill avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Churchill tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor missing with knees to the body.
Churchill blocks an elbow strike.
Churchill throws an elbow that misses.
Churchill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Churchill is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Churchill avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.
Churchill tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Churchill.
A bit of stalling here from Taylor.
Churchill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Churchill leaning his opponent against the cage.
Churchill lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Churchill is trying to stall.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Churchill is defending well for now.
Taylor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Churchill stalling the fight.
Churchill is looking to control Taylor's arms but Taylor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Churchill has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winston Churchill.
Taylor closes the distance looking to clinch

and Churchill holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Churchill lands an elbow inside.
Taylor effectively controlling the action here.
Churchill wants to stall.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Churchill landing knees to the head.
Taylor using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Taylor.
Churchill tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor misses with a knee strike.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Taylor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Churchill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Churchill as Taylor tries to tie him up.
Churchill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Churchill pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Churchill into the cage.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Churchill.
Taylor taking a breather.
Churchill avoids the elbow strike from Taylor, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Churchill tries to tie him up.
Stalling in the clinch from Churchill.
Churchill landing knees to the head.
Taylor manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Churchill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Churchill is trying to stall.
Taylor lands a good knee to the midsection. Churchill won't want to take too many of those.
Churchill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Churchill.
Taylor trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor stalling in the clinch but Churchill improves position.
Churchill dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Churchill lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Churchill - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Churchill with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Churchill working Taylor over with knees to the body.
Churchill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Churchill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Churchill taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winston Churchill.
A punch combination from Churchill misses.
Taylor looks to clinch

and Churchill counters by clinching up.
Churchill lands a damaging elbow.
Taylor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Churchill blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Churchill.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Churchill tries to tie him up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Churchill blocks the elbow strike.
Churchill is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Taylor misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taylor throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winston Churchill dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Taylor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Churchill.
A head kick by Taylor misses

and Churchill counters by moving into the clinch.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Churchill is defending well for now.
Churchill unloads a knee to the mid-section. Taylor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Taylor trying to stall but Churchill improves his position.
Winston Churchill seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Churchill tries to tie him up.
Churchill slowing the pace effectively.
Churchill taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winston Churchill.
Taylor wants to clinch but Churchill slips to the side

and Churchill moves into the clinch.
Churchill lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Churchill's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Churchill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Churchill connects with a knee to the head.
Churchill lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Churchill has Taylor pushed against the cage.
Churchill is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill stalling the fight.
Churchill tries to land a knee to the head but Taylor blocks with his arms.
Churchill with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Churchill taking a breather.
Taylor is trying to maintain a safe position but Churchill gets an underhook and turns Taylor into the cage.
Churchill looking to slow down the pace here.
Taylor pressing his opponent against the cage.
Taylor crunches a lovely knee into Churchill's ribcage.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Churchill is defending well for now.
Churchill takes a knee to the side of the body.
Churchill is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winston Churchill.

Churchill clinches with his opponent.
Churchill trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Churchill into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taylor misses with a knee to the head.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Churchill missing with knees to the body.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Churchill.
Churchill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Churchill avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.
Churchill looking to slow down the pace here.
Churchill connects with a knee to the head.
Churchill taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Taylor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Churchill's brow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Churchill takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Churchill is blocking nicely.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Churchill avoids it.
Taylor tries a knee to the head but Churchill blocks it.
Churchill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Churchill avoids the damage to the body.
Churchill is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Churchill into the cage.
Taylor stalling in the clinch but Churchill improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Churchill taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Churchill.
Taylor takes an elbow to the temple.
Churchill is trying to stall.
Churchill is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Taylor has denied him.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Churchill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Churchill on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Churchill avoids it.
Churchill lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.

Ryan Taylor's cut is getting worse.
Churchill displaying some good clinch control by pressing Taylor up against the cage.
Churchill lands a nice knee to the body.
Churchill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Churchill lands an elbow inside.
Churchill taking a breather.
Churchill gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Churchill trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Churchill into the cage.
Churchill crunches a lovely knee into Taylor's ribcage.
Taylor lands a good knee to the midsection. Churchill won't want to take too many of those.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Taylor.
Knees to the body from Churchill.
Churchill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Taylor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Churchill blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Churchill.
Churchill connects with a knee to the head.
Taylor trying to control the position but instead, Churchill has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taylor into the cage.
Churchill looking to slow down the pace here.
Churchill lands a knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Churchill tries to tie him up.
Taylor trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winston Churchill showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Churchill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Taylor wants to clinch
and Churchill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Taylor takes the fight into the clinch.
Taylor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Churchill's defenses.
Churchill is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Churchill into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Churchill is keeping busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Taylor.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Churchill stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor takes an elbow to the forehead.
Churchill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Churchill crunches a lovely knee into Taylor's ribcage.
Churchill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Churchill.
Churchill slows down the pace here.
Churchill connects with a nasty looking knee right to Taylor's face.
Churchill with a knee to the head.
Taylor scores a nice knee to the body.
Churchill managing to block the knees to the body from Taylor.
Nice elbow from Churchill.
Churchill just leaning against Taylor, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winston Churchill.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick

and Churchill holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Churchill lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Churchill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Taylor looking to throw knees to the head but Churchill is blocking nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Churchill obliges.
Churchill is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Churchill into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Churchill lands an elbow just above Taylor 's eye.
Churchill is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Churchill misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor looking to slow down the pace here.
Churchill trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Churchill into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Taylor.
Churchill lands an elbow that stopped Taylor in his tracks for a moment.
Taylor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Churchill is defending well for now.
Churchill landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Taylor is looking to control Churchill's arms but Churchill gets an underhook and turns him. Now Taylor has his back to the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Churchill.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Churchill is trying to stall.
Taylor lands a knee to the body.
Taylor trying to control the position but instead, Churchill has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taylor into the cage.
Churchill is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winston Churchill.
The fight stays on the outside here - Churchill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Churchill tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor avoids the head kick by Churchill.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Taylor clinches up against the cage.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Churchill is keeping busy.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Churchill.
Taylor lands a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Taylor tries to land knees in the clinch but Churchill avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor missing with knees to the body.
Churchill is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Churchill into the cage.
Churchill lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Taylor avoiding damage as Churchill throws knees to the body.
Churchill landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Taylor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Churchill with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Churchill.
Churchill lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Churchill looking to slow down the pace here.
Taylor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ryan Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Winston Churchill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Churchill blocks an elbow strike from Taylor.

And that's the end of the fight!
Winston Churchill comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Churchill has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winston Churchill!