PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandro Filcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandro Filcic struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Taylor
vs
Filcic

172 cm
25
154 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

178 cm
26
157 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jorge Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sandro Filcic!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Filcic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jorge Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Taylor throws a lazy uppercut
and Filcic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Filcic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Filcic misses with a takedown attempt
and Taylor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Taylor!
Taylor looks to land a left hand but Filcic moved out of range nicely.
A combination from Filcic does no damage.
A shot to the body from Taylor misses

and Filcic counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Taylor's guard now.
Taylor manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor lands with some strikes.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount and Filcic is in trouble!
Taylor working the ground and pound effectively.
Taylor is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Filcic can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Taylor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Filcic is looking to escape.
Filcic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor unloads with some shots from mount but Filcic bucks and avoids them well.
Taylor landing shots from mount.
Taylor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Filcic looks a forlorn figure.
Taylor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Filcic looks a forlorn figure.
Taylor trying to control but Filcic is having none of it.
Taylor thowing shots but they're missing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Taylor throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Taylor prevents Filcic from getting the reversal.
Taylor wants to control the pace but Filcic is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taylor with good strikes from the mount here!
Filcic is trying desperately to improve position.
Taylor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Taylor with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Taylor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor breaks from Filcic's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Filcic is rocked!
Taylor unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Filcic wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Taylor celebrates on the ropes and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorge Taylor!