PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stacey Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wiggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Wiggs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Taylor
vs
Wiggs

183 cm
19
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Non-Stop Nutrition

Forbidden Apple

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stacey Taylor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wiggs!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Taylor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wiggs struggling a bit here.
Wiggs has control of an arm but Taylor manages to advance to Taylor's back!
Taylor biding his time, controlling Wiggs.
Wiggs tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Wiggs tries to hold on but Taylor postures up.
Taylor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wiggs is looking to escape.
Wiggs slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Wiggs is looking to control Taylor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wiggs avoid being mounted?

Wiggs is defending against the submission attempts here by Taylor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is controlling the pace.
Taylor has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wiggs tries to get to full guard but Taylor has control of the leg.
Wiggs trying to control here.
Wiggs is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Taylor is staying active.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wiggs throws a body punch but Taylor moves out of range.
Wiggs moves out of range of the leg kick from Taylor.
Taylor misses with the combination.
Wiggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wiggs throws a right hand that Taylor ducks under and follows up with a left that Taylor also avoids with ease.
Wiggs misses the shot to the body.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wiggs closes the distance but Taylor moves to the side
and Taylor counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wiggs thinking.
Wiggs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Taylor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Wiggs.
Taylor stuns Wiggs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wiggs looks gassed!
Taylor scores with a hook.
Wiggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taylor misses with a kick to the body.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wiggs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wiggs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Taylor closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wiggs shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense.
Taylor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wiggs is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Taylor.

Taylor darts in and clinches Wiggs up against the cage.
Taylor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wiggs prevents it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taylor.

Taylor pulls guard effortlessly.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taylor trying to strike off his back.
Taylor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wiggs's guard.
Taylor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Wiggs escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Taylor gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wiggs is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs looking for a sweep. Not yet Wiggs, not yet.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Wiggs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Wiggs working for a triangle but Taylor defends it easily.
Wiggs looking to control.
Wiggs wants to sweep but no luck.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Wiggs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wiggs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Taylor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stacey Taylor dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wiggs thows a body shot but no joy.
Taylor scores with a jab. Wiggs acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Taylor swinging wilding here.
Taylor throws a quick inside leg kick.
John Wiggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Taylor looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Taylor scoring with some ground and pound.
Wiggs manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor tries to reverse the position but Wiggs maintains control.
Wiggs controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Wiggs.
Wiggs landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggs tries to control but Taylor wriggling away.
Wiggs with a couple of short strikes.
Wiggs dominating with strikes here.
Wiggs unloading with bombs!
Taylor tries to reverse the position but Wiggs maintains control.
Wiggs lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Taylor hang on?
Taylor tries to reverse the position but Wiggs maintains control.
Taylor tries to hold on but Wiggs pushes him away.
Wiggs dominating with strikes here.
Wiggs landing punches.
Wiggs takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Taylor tries to hold on but Wiggs postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs lands a heavy elbow.
Taylor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wiggs unloading with bombs!
Taylor wants to hold on but Wiggs pushes him away.
Wiggs punishing his opponent with strikes.

Taylor is rocked!
Taylor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wiggs controlling his opponent.
Wiggs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wiggs working Taylor over with strikes here.

Wiggs is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Taylor is surviving well by controlling Wiggs's body position as best he can.
Wiggs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to hold on but Wiggs pushes him away.
Taylor seems to have got his legs back now.
Taylor can't escape the position.
Taylor is working hard here to advance position.
Wiggs fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Taylor avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wiggs.
Wiggs raining down shots from the mount!
Wiggs thowing shots but they're missing.
Taylor is desperately trying to improve his position but Wiggs has a good base and remains in mount.
Wiggs sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Taylor wants to control but Wiggs is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Taylor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wiggs.
Taylor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Taylor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wiggs.
Taylor can't escape the position.
Wiggs controlling from mount.
Wiggs prevents Taylor from getting the reversal.
Taylor tries to hold on but Wiggs postures up.
Wiggs prevents Taylor from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Wiggs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wiggs throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.
Wiggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor is looking to clinch.

Taylor pushes Wiggs up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor just leaning against Wiggs, taking a breather.
Wiggs is trying to break free.
Wiggs is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
Wiggs prevents the takedown attempt.

Taylor breaks the clinch.
Wiggs with a hook.
Wiggs throws out a loose jab but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Taylor looks to land a combination. Wiggs sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wiggs misses with a hook

and Taylor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Taylor.
Wiggs bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Taylor's guard.
Taylor controls Wiggs momentarily but Wiggs frees himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wiggs wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Taylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wiggs wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Taylor is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wiggs wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Taylor throws the kick towards the body but Wiggs avoids it.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Wiggs attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wiggs thuds a left hand into Taylor's body.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wiggs has time to react.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wiggs.
Wiggs throws a right hand that Taylor ducks under and follows up with a left that Taylor also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Taylor has taken the fight to the clinch.

Taylor breaks the clinch.

Taylor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wiggs is looking for a sweep.
Wiggs is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Taylor off and has taken his back!
Taylor covers up after that shot from Wiggs.
Wiggs scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Taylor is looking for a way out.
Wiggs lands an elbow to the side of the head.
John Wiggs has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wiggs trying to control.
Wiggs lands a shot to the body.
Wiggs lands shots to the head and Taylor turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Wiggs!
John Wiggs is the new welterweight champion!