PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ultimate Damage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damage comes to the cage accompanied by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ysdbj-WzvI. Rocky Taylor will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Damage
vs
Taylor

175 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

210 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ultimate Damage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor looks for a takedown but Damage sprawls well.

Damage drives through with a takedown into Taylor's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Damage slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor is trying to keep Damage in close.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Damage passes Taylor's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Damage escapes and gets back to his feet.
Damage misses the shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Taylor.

Taylor clinches up against the cage.
Damage misses with a punch to the body.

Damage jumps guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor wants to pass the guard but Damage is keeping the position.
Damage is adopting a defensive guard.

Damage kicks Taylor off and gets to his feet.

Damage darts in and clinches Taylor up against the cage.

Damage pulls Taylor into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Damage is on top in guard.
Damage advances to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damage is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Damage moves nicely into side control.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Damage. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damage is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Taylor will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
You can see the frustration on Taylor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Taylor is looking for a sweep.
Damage controlling from side mount.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ultimate Damage.
Taylor wants to clinch.

Damage clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is trying to pull guard but Damage turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Damage gets control of Taylor's arms and successfully pulls guard. Damage will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Damage manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Damage cracks Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Damage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Taylor?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Damage cracks Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Taylor is rocked!
Damage cracks Taylor with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ultimate Damage!