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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Taylor (ranked 5928 p4p, 3788 weight class) and Clovis Bruneau (ranked 551 p4p, 432 weight class). The key to victory for Matt Taylor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Clovis Bruneau!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruneau defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Taylor.
Bruneau misses with an uppercut.
Bruneau fails with a takedown attempt.
Taylor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bruneau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Taylor tries to clinch but Bruneau moves out of range.
Bruneau is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bruneau swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruneau fails with the takedown.
Taylor fails with the takedown.
And Bruneau tries to counter it with a takedown but Taylor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Taylor.
Bruneau drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Taylor defends it well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor fails to land the takedown.
Bruneau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Taylor appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Taylor shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bruneau counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Taylor knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bruneau on the ground.
Bruneau stalling.
Taylor is controlling Bruneau's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruneau scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bruneau working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
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.
Bruneau winds up and cracks Taylor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Taylor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bruneau scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bruneau takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor is trying to get back to full guard.
Taylor is staying active underneath Bruneau, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ground and pound from Bruneau.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bruneau wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taylor keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bruneau lands a nice short elbow.
Taylor tries to roll over but Bruneau keeps him under control.
Bruneau is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bruneau trying to control the pace.
Taylor is defending against the submission attempts here by Bruneau.
Bruneau scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruneau is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bruneau takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bruneau is looking for a kimura here.
Bruneau lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bruneau lands strikes from half guard.
Bruneau is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clovis Bruneau dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bruneau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bruneau moves away.
Bruneau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taylor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bruneau swivels and escapes.
Bruneau feints the counter takedown.
Bruneau has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Taylor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Bruneau circles away.
Bruneau tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bruneau stuffs the takedown attempt from Taylor. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Bruneau misses its intended target.
Bruneau checks the leg kick.
Bruneau with the counter takedown but Taylor avoids it easily.
Bruneau throws a good cross that connects.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Bruneau counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Taylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bruneau's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bruneau postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taylor looking to control but Bruneau passes into half guard.
Bruneau is nestled in close to Taylor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Taylor is defending against the submission attempts here by Bruneau.
Bruneau wants to control but Taylor is keeping him busy.
Bruneau scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bruneau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruneau drops an elbow to the side of Taylor's head.
Taylor tries to kick Bruneau off but Bruneau keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bruneau takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Taylor has hold of Bruneau's hands but Bruneau slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Taylor is rocked!
Bruneau looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruneau scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruneau 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 Bruneau!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clovis Bruneau!
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energy
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FIGHT
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