PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Landon Landon Craig Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cain Liddell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Landon Craig Taylor
vs
Liddell

191 cm
20
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Landon Landon Craig Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cain Liddell!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liddell feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Liddell lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Liddell drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Liddell jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Landon Craig Taylor wants to sweep but no luck.
Liddell controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Landon Craig Taylor trying to keep a closed guard but Liddell is proving a slippery customer.
Liddell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Liddell trying to control the position from guard on top but Landon Craig Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Liddell drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Landon Craig Taylor is trying to keep Liddell in close.
Liddell scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Liddell trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Liddell postures up.
Liddell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Liddell throwing strikes from guard but Landon Craig Taylor blocks nicely.
Liddell connects with a couple of short punches.
Liddell is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Landon Craig Taylor looking for a sweep. Not yet Landon Craig Taylor, not yet.
Landon Craig Taylor keeping moving, preventing Liddell from controlling successfully.
Liddell content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Liddell is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Liddell in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Liddell working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Liddell throws a big right hand that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Landon Craig Taylor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liddell.

Liddell drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Liddell scores with punches from side control.
Liddell working away.
Landon Craig Taylor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Liddell on the ground.
Landon Craig Taylor taking punishment in the form of punches.
The strikes coming from Liddell are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liddell scoring with punches and elbows.
Liddell looks up at the clock and then as Landon Craig Taylor takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Liddell smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Liddell working the head with strikes.
Liddell creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Landon Craig Taylor sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Landon Craig Taylor tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Landon Craig Taylor is breathing heavily.
Liddell raining down shots from the mount!
Liddell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Liddell scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Liddell lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Liddell landing strikes from the mount and Landon Craig Taylor is in trouble!
Liddell controlling from mount.

Liddell with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddell landing punches.
Liddell breaks from Landon Craig Taylor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Liddell lands a big shot there that rocks Landon Craig Taylor but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Liddell with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liddell unloading with bombs!
Liddell scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Landon Craig Taylor?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liddell dominating with strikes here.
Liddell landing strikes from the mount and Landon Craig Taylor is in trouble!
Liddell dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Liddell dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Liddell gets the takedown into side control.
Landon Craig Taylor is trying to control Liddell's posture but Liddell avoids it.
Landon Craig Taylor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Liddell scores with a couple of short elbows.
Liddell taking a breather here.
Landon Craig Taylor tries to bench press Liddell off him but Liddell keeps the position.
Liddell controls the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Liddell in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Landon Craig Taylor is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Cain Liddell!