PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George St Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph comes to the cage accompanied by Alice In Chains - Would? . St Taylor has chosen Juicy as his entrance music. George St Taylor acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Joseph
vs
St Taylor

175 cm
20
171 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

WAR Combat Gear
Aggression Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Joseph!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Taylor dives in and grabs Joseph's left leg, looking for a takedown. Joseph pushes down on St Taylor's head and hops out.
St Taylor looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
St Taylor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Joseph looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St Taylor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Joseph cracks a nice hook into St Taylor's ribs.
Joseph works St Taylor's body with a nice hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Joseph.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph lands a body shot.
St Taylor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Joseph swivels and escapes.
William Joseph has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George St Taylor.

Joseph scores with a takedown into St Taylor's guard.
Joseph showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Joseph throwing strikes but missing.
Joseph trying to control the position from guard on top but St Taylor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joseph tries to free his leg and advance position but St Taylor is retaining full guard.
Joseph stands and throws St Taylor's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Joseph with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Joseph landing punches.
Joseph cracks St Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Joseph controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph unloading with bombs!
St Taylor taking shots to the head.

Joseph looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Joseph working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph controlling from mount.
Joseph scores with a couple of good head shots there.

St Taylor defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Joseph.
Joseph controlling from the full mount.
St Taylor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Joseph controlling from the full mount.
Joseph's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
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.
The referee warns St Taylor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Joseph content just to control the position here.
Joseph lands with some vicious ground and pound - can St Taylor hang on?
Joseph content just to control the position here.
Joseph postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Taylor looks a forlorn figure.
Joseph looking to control but St Taylor is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Joseph takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Joseph is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but St Taylor is surviving well by controlling Joseph's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Taylor taking shots to the head.
Joseph controlling the pace for now.
Joseph landing strikes from the mount and St Taylor is in trouble!
Joseph postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Taylor looks a forlorn figure.
St Taylor is in a horrible position here. Joseph smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Joseph controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Joseph.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Taylor is squirming around, avoiding Joseph's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Joseph dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

St Taylor misses with a takedown
and Joseph counters with a nice low kick that buckles St Taylor's knee momentarily.
George St Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joseph lands with a kick to the temple. St Taylor shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
St Taylor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Joseph counters with a left right combination that sends St Taylor crashing to the mat - Joseph wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding St Taylor out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Joseph!
William Joseph retains his welterweight title!