PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donte Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Taylor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Donte Hogan's chin.

Hogan
vs
Taylor

168 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Donte Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taylor clinches.
Taylor wants to break free but Hogan has control.
Taylor tries to break free but Hogan pushes him back against the cage.
Taylor wants to break free but Hogan has control.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hogan has Taylor pressed against the cage, preventing Taylor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taylor looking to slow down the pace here.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Taylor lands a takedown into guard.
Taylor looking to sit in guard and control but Hogan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hogan is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hogan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Taylor, up you get!
Hogan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Taylor swings for the body but Hogan moves out of range.
Hogan is looking for a counter combo.
Tommy Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hogan scores with a takedown into Taylor's guard.
Hogan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Taylor working a defensive guard here.
Hogan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hogan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Hogan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Taylor to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hogan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Taylor gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Taylor throws an elbow that misses. Hogan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Taylor's guard. Nice move by Hogan!

Taylor wants to sweep but no luck.
Hogan is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Hogan gets to his feet - Taylor follows without any prompting.

Taylor throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hogan was covering up waiting for the punch and Taylor finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan controlling the position.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tommy Taylor will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Taylor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hogan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taylor throws a body shot but no joy.
Hogan is looking for a counter combo.

Taylor looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hogan throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Tommy Taylor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hogan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hogan working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor wanted to stand there but Hogan had control of the position.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Taylor stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Taylor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hogan's guard.
Hogan has his hands on Taylor's head, controlling the position.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hogan's guard.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
Taylor is breathing heavily.

Taylor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hogan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Taylor has managed to get both his arms back between Hogan's legs - danger averted.
Taylor postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Taylor is controlling him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Hogan gets a clinch.

Taylor manages to pull guard.

Hogan decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Taylor, up you get!
Hogan slips a jab from Taylor.

Hogan gets a clinch.
Hogan avoiding damage.
Taylor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taylor tries to break free but Hogan pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hogan or not.
Hogan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Taylor up against the cage.

Hogan jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hogan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Taylor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hogan.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Hogan escapes and gets back to his feet.
Taylor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hogan counters with a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tommy Taylor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Taylor throws out a loose jab but Hogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taylor.
Hogan tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch.

Hogan manages to pull guard.
Taylor wants to stand but Hogan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Taylor wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hogan's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan missing with punches from the bottom.
Hogan controlling the position well.
Taylor is just content to waste time from the top position. Hogan takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Hogan controls Taylor momentarily but Taylor frees himself.
Hogan managing to control the position.
Hogan being controlled here, momentarily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hogan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taylor.
Hogan tries to counter with a takedown but Taylor is quick to defend against it.

Hogan shoots in and bounces Taylor off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Taylor being controlled here, momentarily.
Hogan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Taylor for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hogan stands and steps away. Taylor gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Taylor decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Taylor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Taylor controlling the pace.
Taylor trying to mount his opponent but Hogan defends it.
Taylor is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is doing well to control the position and prevent Taylor from advancing to side control.
Taylor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hogan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Taylor might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hogan haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Tommy Taylor is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hogan is controlling Taylor's position as best he can from this difficult position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A shot to the body from Taylor misses
and Hogan counters with a left to the body.

Hogan pushes Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hogan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Donte Hogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hogan decides to pull guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donte Hogan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Taylor 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tommy Taylor!