PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Taylor (ranked 1793 p4p, 5943 weight class) and Lemuel Denver (ranked 209 p4p, 519 weight class). Denver has chosen Марш нової армії as his entrance music. Lemuel Denver has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Taylor
vs
Denver

200 cm
23
280
5 - 5 - 0

188 cm
22
234
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lemuel Denver!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Denver moves away and avoids it.
Donk. Denver catches Taylor right on the button with a cross.
Taylor scores with a nice head shot.
Denver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor swinging wildly here.
Taylor swings widly with a right hand
and Denver counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taylor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Denver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Denver ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Denver looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Denver has Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Denver digs a good body shot into Taylor's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor looks to throw the jab but Denver is out of range.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Denver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been told by Taylor's head coaches at 3Band MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Denver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A big left from Taylor misses.
Denver throws a lazy uppercut
and Taylor counters with a stiff right hand.
Denver digs a good hook to Taylor's body.
Taylor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Denver misses.
Taylor takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Denver ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Denver connects with a body shot.
Denver wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Taylor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut there from Denver.
Taylor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Denver counters with a nice body shot.
Denver misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denver lands a nice shot to the body.

Denver catches Taylor napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Taylor to the canvas!

Taylor is rocked!

It looks like Kevin Taylor has been cut.
Denver showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Denver postures up and lands a big shot to Taylor's brow.
Oh Taylor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Denver loads up on a big left hand. Taylor felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Denver looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Taylor can't hide his disappointment, as Denver celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lemuel Denver!
An out of breath Lemuel Denver thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.