PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miggery Sow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jebidiah Tayber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sow might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hall of Fame. Tayber has chosen Terravita - Adult Robot Kung Fu as his entrance music. 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.

Sow
vs
Tayber

180 cm
30
169 lbs
19 - 15 - 1

170 cm
30
165 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Miggery Sow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jebidiah Tayber!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sow checks a low kick from Tayber.
Sow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sow lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Jebidiah Tayber has been cut.
Tayber fails to land the takedown.
Sow scores with a decent looking hook.
Sow moves in looking to clinch but Tayber pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sow with a jab.
Sow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tayber scores with a shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sow.
Tayber misses with a head kick.
Sow throws a body punch but Tayber moves out of range.
Sow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tayber counters with a two punch combo.
Sow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tayber walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Miggery Sow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sow clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Sow.
Sow's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tayber blocks a body shot from Sow.
Tayber tries to work over Sow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tayber looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tayber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sow throws a punch but it's blocked by Tayber.
Tayber creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sow's defenses.
Tayber lands a shoulder strike.
Sow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Sow breaks from the clinch.
Tayber getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tayber keeps the fight on the outside.
Tayber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayber avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tayber takes a swing at Sow's ribcage but misses.
Sow misses with a lunging right hand
and Tayber counters with a low kick, right behind Sow 's knee.
Tayber lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Sow tries to clinch there but Tayber circles away.
Sow looks to score with a jab to the body but Tayber is just out of range.
Sow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sow tries to close the distance and clinch but Tayber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miggery Sow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tayber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tayber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sow thuds a left hand into Tayber's body.
Tayber fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sow is out of range.
Sow works Tayber's body with a nice hook.
Tayber lands with a good body shot.

Sow has Tayber up against the cage in a clinch.
Tayber blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tayber is trying to stall.
Still in the clinch, Tayber scores with a nice short uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sow manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sow working hard to break the clinch.
Tayber tries to work over Sow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sow is trying to break free.
Sow avoiding damage as Tayber throws knees to the body.
Tayber trying to land knees to the body.
Sow trying to stall but Tayber improves his position.
Tayber is trying to drag Sow to the mat but Sow just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tayber shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sow defends it nicely.
Miggery Sow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jebidiah Tayber.
Tayber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sow tries to clinch up.
Tayber ducks under a wild hook from Sow.

Tayber scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sow tries to improve position but can't.
Tayber working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sow is not content to let Tayber control the position.
Tayber gets to mount! Sow was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miggery Sow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jebidiah Tayber's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tayber checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sow swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tayber counters with a straight right hand.
Sow throws a right and a left that Tayber avoids nicely.
Miggery Sow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tayber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tayber. Sow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tayber lands a nice looking body shot.
Sow misses with a wild combination.
Sow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tayber lands a nice shot to the body.
Tayber fails to land with a series of punches.
Sow throws a leg kick that is checked

and Tayber counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tayber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sow gets underhooks to prevent Tayber's takedown attempt.
Sow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tayber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tayber lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sow lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tayber backwards.
Tayber missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tayber throws an elbow but misses.
Tayber drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sow gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tayber as Sow tries to tie him up.
Sow working hard to break the clinch.
Tayber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sow misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tayber tries to throw a body punch but Sow avoids it by throwing Tayber back against the cage.
Tayber misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tayber has Sow pressed against the cage, preventing Sow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tayber scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Tayber on the inside.
Miggery Sow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A hook to the body from Tayber.
Tayber lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sow is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tayber is keeping busy.
Tayber can't find room to land a body shot as Sow controls the action.

Tayber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tayber lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sow at a distance.
Tayber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sow throws out the jab.
Sow throws a looping overhand right but Tayber ducks down to avoid it.

Sow moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sow tries to throw a body punch but Tayber avoids it by throwing Sow back against the cage.
Tayber tries a body shot but Sow blocks it.
Tayber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tayber is trying to drag Sow to the mat but Sow just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Miggery Sow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jebidiah Tayber.
Tayber pushes off an throws an elbow but Sow leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sow is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Sow manages to break the clinch.
Sow tries to clinch but Tayber moves out of range.
Tayber scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tayber.
Sow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tayber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miggery Sow is winning the standup battle so far.
Sow lands a jab.
Sow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tayber.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sow tries to clinch but Tayber moves away
enabling Tayber to counter with a crisp jab.
Tayber tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tayber slips a straight right by Sow.
Tayber throws a sloppy head kick and Sow moves out of range easily.
Sow with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tayber to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sow tests Tayber's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sow throws a body kick that misses

and Tayber counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sow's guard now.
Sow looking to control but Tayber passes into half guard.
Tayber wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sow keeps working.
Tayber is thwarting Sow's attempts to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tayber trying to mount his opponent but Sow defends it.
Tayber with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jebidiah Tayber showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jebidiah Tayber's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tayber moves out of range as Sow strikes.
Tayber looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sow wants to clinch up but Tayber keeps it at a distance.
Tayber circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Tayber.
Sow with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tayber scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sow doesn't seem bothered though.
Tayber is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sow rather than just go for the knockout.
Tayber throws a half hearted mid kick.

Sow clinches up with Tayber and pushes him back against the cage.
Tayber misses with the head strike.
Tayber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sow.
Sow is looking to control Tayber's arms but Tayber gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sow has his back to the cage.
Sow lands an uppercut.
Sow prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tayber.
Sow tries to circle away but Tayber has him pinned against the cage.
Tayber drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sow gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tayber.
Sow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sow blocks an elbow strike from Tayber.
Sow has had enough of the clinch but Tayber keeps him there for the moment.
Tayber keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sow's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tayber presses Sow against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Sow.
Tayber lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tayber lands a shot to the body.
Tayber is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sow is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sow prevents the takedown attempt.
Miggery Sow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jebidiah Tayber.
Sow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tayber stalling.
Sow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sow can't break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tayber has Sow pressed against the cage, preventing Sow from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Sow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tayber fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sow has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sow gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tayber to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sow wants to sweep here but Tayber controlling him for the moment.
Tayber with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sow manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sow trying to control but Tayber is having none of it.
Sow is stalling here but it's allowed Tayber to get half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sow trying to control from Tayber's half guard. Tayber has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Tayber manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sow manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tayber lands a couple of digs.
Sow keeping moving, preventing Tayber from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tayber slips nicely into half guard.

Sow looking for a kimura from the bottom but Tayber passes into side control!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tayber scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sow to see if he's OK.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jebidiah Tayber comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tayber has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jebidiah Tayber!
During a confident post fight interview, Jebidiah Tayber thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.