PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Colby Taylor (ranked 44 p4p, 803 weight class) and Marco Natta (ranked 4 p4p, 62 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Taylor
vs
Natta

170 cm
29
145
26 - 4 - 1

170 cm
29
145
16 - 8 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Colby Taylor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Natta!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Taylor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Natta looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Taylor digs a good body shot into Natta's ribs.

Natta gets tackled into the cage by Taylor. Taylor maintains the clinch.

Taylor manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Taylor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Natta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Natta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Taylor keeping full guard, as Natta tries to pass.
Natta slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor is trying to get back to half guard.
Taylor is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Natta off and has taken his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natta staying busy and making it hard for Taylor to control.
Natta tries to escape the position.
Taylor really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Natta.

Natta defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Taylor biding his time, controlling Natta.
Natta tries to escape but Taylor has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Taylor is hanging on to Natta's back as he tries to escape.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Taylor controlling the positon.
Taylor trying to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Natta right now.
Natta staying busy and making it hard for Taylor to control.
Taylor keeps control of the position as Natta tries to break free.
Natta trying to control the hands but Taylor won't let him.
Taylor misses with an elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Natta can't escape the position.
Natta tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Taylor controlling his opponent.
Natta is looking to improve his position but Taylor isn't that keen on the idea.
Taylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Natta is squirming around, avoiding Taylor's attempts to control the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Taylor dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Taylor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Natta.
Natta throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Natta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Natta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Natta. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.

Taylor gets a clinch.
Taylor tries to pull guard but Natta won't allow it.

Taylor has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Natta uses from the top position.
Natta trying to control but Taylor is working from the bottom.

Taylor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Taylor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Taylor isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Natta stacks Taylor 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 Natta!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor tries to control but Natta manages to take his back.
Taylor wants to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Natta trying to control momentarily.
Taylor wants to control his opponent's hands but Natta gets his hands free.
Colby Taylor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Taylor is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natta is hanging on to Taylor's back as he tries to escape.

Natta is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Taylor knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Taylor for a finish.
Natta doesn't have the hooks in and Taylor manages to turn into his guard.
Taylor advances position into side control!
Taylor taking a breather here.
Taylor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Taylor is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Natta is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor happy to just control the position for now.
Natta manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Taylor wants to improve his position but Natta is controlling well.
Taylor is not content to let Natta control the position.
Taylor is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control from the bottom.

Natta is trying to work for a kimura but Taylor is defending well.
Natta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Taylor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Taylor looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Taylor is staying active underneath Natta, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Natta is thwarting Taylor's attempts to control the position.
Taylor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Marco Natta will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch but Natta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Natta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taylor.
Natta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Natta.
An attempted straight right counter from Taylor misses the target.

Natta gets tackled into the cage by Taylor. Taylor maintains the clinch.
Natta misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Taylor scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taylor tries a body shot but Natta blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Taylor.

Natta gets control of Taylor's arms and successfully pulls guard. Natta will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Taylor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Taylor trying to control the position from guard on top but Natta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Taylor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Natta can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Natta had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Taylor defends it easily.
Taylor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Natta is keeping the position for now.
Natta is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Natta looking to control.

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.
The fighters circling - Taylor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taylor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Natta on the side of the head.
Taylor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nattas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taylor throws a hook but Natta avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Taylor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taylor throws the left hand but Natta avoids the punch easily.
Natta looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
Taylor throws out a powerful jab.
Natta misses with a looping left.
Natta tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natta.
Natta ducks right into an uppercut from Taylor.
Natta moves away from the strike by Taylor.
Natta wants to counter with a clinch but Taylor pushes him away.
Natta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Natta wants to clinch.
Taylor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natta misses the shot to the body.
Taylor throwing a counter right hand but Natta manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Natta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Natta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taylor works the jab nicely.
Natta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Natta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Taylor scores with a jab to the head.
Natta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Taylor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Natta circles away.
Natta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Taylor.
Natta misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Natta looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Taylor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Natta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor throwing a counter right hand but Natta manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Taylor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Natta misses with a straight right.
Taylor wants to clinch.
Taylor lands with an uppercut that bounces Natta off the cage and back into range.
Natta looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
Natta swings widly with a right hand
and Taylor counters with a straight right hand.
Natta walks into a jab.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Natta's shoulder, as Natta tries to avoid the shot.
Natta throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor.
Taylor blocks a jab.
Natta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Natta.
Natta is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Colby Taylor clearly takes 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.

Natta throws a poor cross that misses
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Natta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Natta wants to counter with a clinch but Taylor pushes him away.
A telegraphed right hand from Natta misses the target.

Natta tries to keep at a distance but Taylor has taken the fight into the clinch.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Taylor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taylor.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Natta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Taylor jumps guard and drags Natta to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Natta stands and throws Taylor's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Taylor wants to control but Natta postures up.
Taylor is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Natta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Taylor has escaped the position, nice work there.

Natta is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Taylor knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Taylor gets back to half guard.
Natta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Taylor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Natta is thwarting Taylor's attempts to control the position.

Natta is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Taylor wants to get back to full guard.
Taylor gets full guard.
Taylor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Natta is sitting in close to Taylor's body. Taylor has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Natta is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Natta is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Taylor.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Colby Taylor!
Colby Taylor retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Colby Taylor thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.