PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Christopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Shane Taylor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Taylor
vs
Christopoulos

185 cm
27
202 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
11 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Wolfpack Threadz

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 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Christopoulos!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christopoulos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Christopoulos misses with a body shot.
Christopoulos fails with a takedown attempt.

Christopoulos feints and as Taylor raises his hands in defense, Christopoulos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Christopoulos postures up in Taylor's guard and throws a big left but Taylor blocks it.
Christopoulos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christopoulos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taylor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Christopoulos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Taylor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christopoulos postures up in Taylor's guard and throws a big left but Taylor blocks it.
Christopoulos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Taylor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christopoulos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Taylor is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Christopoulos is controlling him.
Taylor looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopoulos stands up over Taylor, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Taylor controlling Christopoulos's posture.
Christopoulos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Christopoulos wants to pass the guard but Taylor is keeping the position.
Christopoulos throwing strikes from guard but Taylor blocks nicely.
Christopoulos stopping the sweep attempt from Taylor.
Christopoulos cracks Taylor with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
Christopoulos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Christopoulos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Christopoulos wants to pass the guard but Taylor is keeping the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christopoulos throws a big right hand that misses.
Taylor is pulling down on Christopoulos's head. It's preventing any offense from Christopoulos, at least for the moment.
Christopoulos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Christopoulos is fighting to break Taylor's control of his arms but Taylor is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Shane Taylor just wasn't active enough.
Christopoulos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christopoulos shoots in for a takedown but Taylor shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Christopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Christopoulos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Christopoulos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christopoulos shoots in and drives through. Taylor sprawls well.
Shane Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Christopoulos.
Christopoulos looks for a takedown but Taylor sprawls well.
Christopoulos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taylor throws out the jab.
Taylor misses the body punch
and Christopoulos counters with a straight right hand.
Christopoulos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taylor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Christopoulos throws a body punch but Taylor moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Taylor as he connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos shoots in but Taylor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Christopoulos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Taylor digs a good body shot into Christopoulos's ribs.
Shane Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christopoulos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Christopoulos tries for a takedown but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Christopoulos.
Christopoulos keeps the fight on the outside.
A cross from Taylor lands.
Taylor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christopoulos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Taylor goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Christopoulos is just out of range.
Christopoulos looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Christopoulos is defended easily by Taylor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Christopoulos will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Taylor.
Taylor misses the jab.

Taylor moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taylor.
Taylor blocking some punches.
Christopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Christopoulos is just out of range.

Christopoulos gets a double leg takedown into Taylor's guard.
Taylor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Christopoulos throwing strikes from guard but Taylor blocks nicely.
Christopoulos postures up in Taylor's guard and throws a big left but Taylor blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopoulos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Taylor works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christopoulos scoring with some ground and pound.
Christopoulos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Christopoulos trying to control the position from guard on top but Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Christopoulos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Taylor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Christopoulos.
Taylor on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Taylor tries to get out of the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Taylor is on top in guard.
Christopoulos thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Jason Christopoulos has got the better of the ground game so far.

Taylor gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Taylor's waist but Taylor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Christopoulos off to one side.
Taylor scores with a hook to the body. Christopoulos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Christopoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Taylor moves away.
Taylor is looking to wear down Christopoulos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Christopoulos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Christopoulos lands a lovely overhand right.
Christopoulos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Taylor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Christopoulos, pushing him back against the cage.
Christopoulos can't break the clinch.
Christopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Taylor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor lands with a short shot to the head.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taylor.

It looks like Jason Christopoulos has been cut.
Christopoulos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taylor lands with a light punch inside.
Taylor presses Christopoulos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Christopoulos is breathing heavily.
Christopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Christopoulos looking to stall.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christopoulos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Taylor.
Taylor lands a right hand.
Taylor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Christopoulos backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Taylor.
A right hook to the body lands for Taylor.
A right hand to the body from Taylor.
Taylor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Christopoulos backwards.
Taylor gets through Christopoulos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
Taylor lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Taylor is leaning against Christopoulos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christopoulos.
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Christopoulos backwards.
Nice body punch from Taylor - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Taylor.
Taylor is leaning against Christopoulos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab lands there for Taylor.
A jab from Taylor finds it's way through Christopoulos's defenses.
Taylor scores with a hook.
A cross from Taylor lands.
Christopoulos closes the distance and clinches up with Taylor, looking for a takedown. Christopoulos pushes Taylor against the cage but Taylor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shane Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Christopoulos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Taylor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Christopoulos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shane Taylor is winning the standup battle so far.
Taylor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Taylor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Christopoulos's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Taylor connects with a body shot that sends Christopoulos's belly button to the back.
A left lands for Taylor.
Taylor slaps away a takedown attempt from Christopoulos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Christopoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
Jab by Taylor.
Taylor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Taylor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Christopoulos on the side of the head.
Taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Taylor connects with a looping right hand.
Christopoulos drops his hands momentarily and Taylor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Christopoulos.
Christopoulos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taylor lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor punishes Christopoulos's body with a nice straight punch.
Taylor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Christopoulos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Taylor lands with an overhand left.
Christopoulos misses with a takedown
and Taylor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Christopoulos tries for a takedown but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Shane Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Christopoulos.
Taylor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christopoulos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Taylor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Christopoulos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christopoulos fails to land the takedown.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Taylor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
Taylor scores with a body shot.
Taylor jabs Christopoulos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Taylor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Taylor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Decent striking displayed by Taylor there.
Christopoulos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Taylor throws out a powerful jab.
Taylor clobbers Christopoulos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Taylor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christopoulos can do to turn this around?
Christopoulos misses with a right hand

and Taylor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Taylor lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Christopoulos backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Taylor.
Taylor is working Christopoulos over against the cage.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christopoulos.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taylor.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Taylor.
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Christopoulos backwards.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christopoulos.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Taylor.
Taylor stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Taylor.
A right hand to the body from Taylor.
Shane Taylor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taylor lands a shot to the body.
Taylor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christopoulos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike.
Christopoulos has a couple of punches blocked by Taylor.
Taylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a shot to the body.
Taylor is working Christopoulos over against the cage.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Taylor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Christopoulos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taylor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Christopoulos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Christopoulos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Taylor sizes up Christopoulos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Taylor lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christopoulos shoots for a takedown but Taylor saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Taylor lands with a straight right. Christopoulos didn't see that one coming.
Christopoulos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Taylor defends it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Taylor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Taylor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Taylor!
Shane Taylor bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.