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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nasheem Rahman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nasheem Rahman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shaun Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor tries to bum rush Rahman with a series of wild strikes but Rahman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taylor throws a right and a left that Rahman avoids nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rahman.
Taylor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rahman sprawls well initially but Taylor persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Taylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rahman defending well though.
Taylor stalling.
Rahman is looking to improve his position.
Taylor is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rahman is just riding it out for now. Taylor eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rahman keeping control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taylor lands a nice short elbow.
Taylor is nestled in close to Rahman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rahman is refusing to be controlled, as Taylor sits in half guard.
Rahman looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rahman trying to control but Taylor postures up.
Rahman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Taylor scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rahman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Taylor on the ground.
Taylor seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor trying to control the action but Rahman is working from the bottom.
Taylor controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Taylor has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Shaun Taylor just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rahman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Taylor is looking to clinch.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
Taylor misses with a wild combination.
Taylor has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rahman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Taylor pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rahman drops his hands momentarily and Taylor takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rahman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taylor darts in and clinches Rahman up against the cage.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Rahman keeps him there for the moment.
Rahman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rahman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taylor's efforts to push away.
Taylor is looking to break free of the clinch but Rahman has double underhooks.
Rahman tries to pull guard but Taylor holds him up against the cage and eventually Rahman drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nasheem Rahman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rahman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rahman wants to clinch.
Rahman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rahman is breathing heavily.
Taylor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rahman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rahman.
Rahman swats away the attempt to clinch by Taylor.
Taylor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Taylor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Taylor lands with a straight right. Rahman didn't see that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shaun Taylor dominated that round.
That's time! Rahman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Taylor throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Taylor tries to clinch there but Rahman circles away.
Rahman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Taylor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Taylor.
Taylor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Taylor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Taylor stays in close to Rahman's body and controls the position.
Taylor distracts Rahman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Taylor throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rahman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Taylor stays in close to Rahman's body and controls the position.
Taylor throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rahman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Taylor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Taylor working Rahman over with strikes.
Taylor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rahman tries to get to full guard but Taylor has control of the leg.
Taylor moves into full mount! Rahman won't be happy about that!
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.
Taylor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taylor landing strikes from the mount.
Taylor looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman is in a horrible position here. Taylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Taylor with the ground and pound from mount.
Rahman is working to get back to half guard.
Taylor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rahman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Taylor scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Taylor controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor with a couple of short strikes.
Taylor lands a big elbow.
Taylor lands with some strikes.
Taylor looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rahman taking shots to the head.
Taylor controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rahman looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rahman is in a horrible position here. Taylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Taylor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rahman looks a forlorn figure.
Shaun Taylor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Taylor controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shaun Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rahman swinging wildly here.
Taylor lands a nice hook to Rahman's body. Rahman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good work by Rahman as he checks the leg kick.
Taylor gets a takedown into half guard.
Taylor looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nice strikes from Taylor there.
Taylor prevents Rahman from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Taylor lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Taylor.
Taylor sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rahman wants to get back to full guard but Taylor has passed into side control.
Taylor controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman tries to reverse the position but Taylor maintains control.
Taylor is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Taylor looking to control and managing it successfully.
Taylor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Taylor cracks Rahman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Taylor prevents Rahman from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Taylor.
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.
Taylor landing punches.
Taylor is landing with some decent strikes but Rahman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Taylor controlling the pace for now.
Shaun Taylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Shaun Taylor just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Taylor works over Rahman's head and body with a nice combination.
Taylor lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rahman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A right-left combo lands from Taylor.
Rahman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Taylor throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rahman counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rahman.
Rahman is trying to maintain a safe position but Taylor gets an underhook and turns Rahman into the cage.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Rahman has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taylor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rahman.
Taylor moves into the clinch.
Nasheem Rahman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rahman misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shaun Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shaun Taylor!
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