PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Digol Bick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bick has chosen Dissection - Thorns of Crimson Death as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Taylor
vs
Bick

199 cm
28
199 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seth Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Digol Bick!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bick.
Taylor parries the strikes from Bick easily there. Bick is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Taylor to escape.
Bick working the head with strikes.
Taylor regains half guard, as Bick was trying to land strikes.
Taylor is looking to improve his position.
Bick throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Taylor to regain full guard.
Bick working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bick landing some decent shots from guard.
Taylor trying to keep a closed guard but Bick is proving a slippery customer.
Bick in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bick working some strikes from top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Bick from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bick throws an elbow that misses. Taylor uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bick's guard. Nice move by Taylor!
Taylor throwing strikes from guard but Bick blocks nicely.

Bick isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Taylor stacks Bick on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Taylor!
Bick tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Bick is looking to regain half guard here but Taylor keeps moving and retains side control.
Taylor tries to score with some ground and pound. Bick controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bick is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bick wants to get back to full guard but Taylor has passed into side control.
Bick manages to get back to half guard.
Taylor has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bick keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bick is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Taylor can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bick is looking to escape.
Bick is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bick is squirming around, avoiding Taylor's attempts to control the action.
Bick is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bick throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Bick tries to improve his position but instead Taylor has taken his back!
Bick can't escape the position.
Bick looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Taylor patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Taylor doesn't have the hooks in and Bick manages to turn into his guard.
Bick scoring with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bick makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bick wants to pass the guard but Taylor is keeping the position.
Bick content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor wants to sweep here but Bick controlling him for the moment.
Bick scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bick's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bick distracts Taylor with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Digol Bick dominated that round.
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.

Bick shoots for a double leg takedown but Taylor sprawls well. He's pushed Bick's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Bick looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Taylor is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor is trying to stand back up but Bick is controlling him
Bick trying to pass the guard but Taylor defending well.
Bick lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bick really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Taylor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bick seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bick is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bick is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bick lands a nice short elbow.
Bick trying to control the action but Taylor is working from the bottom.
Bick stops Taylor from getting back to his feet.
Bick looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Taylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Taylor wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taylor taking some punishment here, with Bick in his half guard.
Bick lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Digol Bick has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bick looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Taylor with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Taylor is rocked!
Bick landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bick is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bick lands a big elbow - Taylor is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Bick!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Digol Bick!
In his post fight interview, Digol Bick started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.