PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osi Tuck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Taylor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to New York - Empire state of mind. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Taylor
vs
Tuck

198 cm
25
266 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

195 cm
25
288 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jackson Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Osi Tuck!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a series of strikes that have Tuck backpedaling.

It looks like Osi Tuck has been cut.
Tuck defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Tuck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor swings for the body but Tuck moves out of range.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tuck paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Tuck.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Tuck.
Taylor misses with a hook. Tuck ducked under it nicely.
Tuck tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Tuck.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuck is just out of range.
Taylor scores with a shot to the body.
Tuck drops his hands momentarily and Taylor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Taylor misses with a leg kick.
Tuck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Tuck circles away.
Taylor slips under a jab from Tuck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a low kick.
Tuck lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Jackson Taylor has been cut.
Taylor throws a leg kick but Tuck moved away.
Tuck with a hook.

Taylor closes the distance and clinches.
Taylor misses with some punches.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tuck tries to clinch up.
Taylor dodges the punch combination from Tuck.

Tuck drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Taylor tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tuck trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tuck pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Taylor is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tuck drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tuck jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tuck tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Tuck from controlling successfully.
Tuck throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Taylor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taylor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tuck is one step ahead there.
Taylor trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuck stopping the sweep attempt from Taylor.
Taylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Taylor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tuck gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Taylor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tuck doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tuck manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Taylor throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Taylor tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuck postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tuck landing some decent shots from guard.
Taylor wants to sweep here but Tuck controlling him for the moment.
Tuck trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Tuck looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuck trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Taylor throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jackson Taylor will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Tuck. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Tuck's shoulder, as Tuck tries to avoid the shot.
Tuck connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taylor's hands.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tuck.
Taylor throws a lazy right hand but Tuck sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Tuck.
Taylor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tucks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor cracks a nice hook into Tuck's ribs.
Tuck has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taylor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor misses with a hook.
Tuck misses with a looping left.
Tuck is breathing heavily.
Taylor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tuck is out of range and Taylor settles back down.
Tuck throws the left hand but Taylor avoids the punch easily.
Taylor loads up on a big right hand but Tuck slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuck is looking to clinch.
Taylor misses with an uppercut. Tuck saw that one coming.
Taylor tries to clinch but Tuck moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tuck.
Jackson Taylor is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylor throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taylor displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Taylor checks a leg kick.
Taylor tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Tuck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tuck closes the distance and clinches up with Taylor, looking for a takedown. Tuck pushes Taylor against the cage but Taylor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tuck connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Taylor forces Tuck back against the cage and clinches.
Taylor tries to throw a body punch but Tuck avoids it by throwing Taylor back against the cage.
Tuck is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Tuck is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Taylor pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor scores with a nice hook to the head.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuck is just out of range.
Tuck takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
Taylor scores with a punch to the head.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Jab from Taylor.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuck is just out of range.
Taylor tried to score with a low kick but Tuck checks it.
Tuck fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jackson Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Osi Tuck.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses.
Taylor misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuck is just out of range.
Tuck takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Taylor checks a leg kick.
Tuck takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Tuck bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Taylor manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Taylor slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tuck won't allow Taylor to sweep him here.
Tuck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Taylor has his foot on Tuck's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tuck works his way back into a safe position though.
Tuck landing with the ground and pound.
Taylor lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tuck!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuck is in all sorts of trouble here.
Taylor in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Taylor with a couple of short strikes.
Tuck tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Taylor working for a submission but Tuck is keeping him at bay.
Taylor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tuck has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

The cut above Osi Tuck's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tuck is desperately trying to improve his position but Taylor has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Taylor dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Taylor's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Nice shot by Taylor.
Tuck throws a hook but Taylor avoids it easily.
Taylor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Tuck pushes him off.
Taylor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Osi Tuck's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tuck checks a leg kick.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Tuck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tuck doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tuck manages to avoid it.
Taylor throws a leg kick but Tuck moved away.
Taylor connects with a jab.
Tuck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tuck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a double jab.
Taylor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tuck slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.
Taylor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Osi Tuck's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jackson Taylor!