PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes to the cage accompanied by . Young has chosen You're The Best as his entrance music. Joe Young is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Taylor
vs
Young

194 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
223 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Young!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Young throws the left hand but Taylor avoids the punch easily.
Young lands with an overhand left.
Taylor lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Taylor throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Taylor feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
A cross from Taylor lands.
Young works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Tim Taylor has been cut.
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!
Young takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Taylor slips under a jab.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young takes a swing at Taylor's ribcage but misses.
Young lands with a cross.
Young lands a really nice looking cross but Taylor seems unphased.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
Taylor slips under a jab.
Young walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Young ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Young takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Young scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Young misses with a straight left.
Young avoids the body shot from Taylor.
Taylor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Young lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Taylor backs up against the cage.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Taylor scores with a nice strike.
Young throws a nice looking combination but Taylor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Taylor lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
Young throws a series of punches but Taylor avoids them all with ease.
Young throws out a loose jab but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Taylor scores with a nice head shot.

Young is rocked!
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Taylor and Young are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Taylor throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Young into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Taylor knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Tim Taylor!
Tim Taylor was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.