PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gold might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Taylor has chosen Bodies as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Gold
vs
Taylor

185 cm
31
198 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

181 cm
26
201 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jamie Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sid Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold throws the kick towards the body but Taylor avoids it.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gold.
Taylor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Gold as Taylor shoots in.
Gold scores with a nice head shot.
Taylor throws a sloppy head kick and Gold moves out of range easily.
Gold connects with a solid leg kick.
Taylor avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Taylor slips under a jab from Gold.
Taylor digs a good hook to Gold's body.
Gold lands with a cross.
Gold scores with a nice head shot.
Gold lunges at Taylor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taylor's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Gold swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Gold clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor tries to throw a body punch but Gold avoids it by throwing Taylor back against the cage.
Taylor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taylor lands an uppercut.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Gold.
Taylor is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gold to keep the fight standing.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor.
Gold has Taylor pressed against the cage.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Gold controls the action.
Taylor just leaning against Gold, taking a breather.
Taylor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Taylor tries to throw a body punch but Gold avoids it by throwing Taylor back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Taylor lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Taylor taking a breather.
Gold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taylor pulls guard effortlessly.
Gold passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gold wants to lay and pray for a moment but Taylor keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taylor tries to buck Gold off but Gold is having none of it.
Taylor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Taylor is not content to let Gold control the position.
You can see the frustration on Taylor's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold laying and praying for a moment but Taylor takes advantage and regains half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gold stalling away here and it's allowed Taylor to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Gold throws a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold scoring with some ground and pound.
Gold wants to control from the top but Taylor keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold dominated that round.
That's time! Gold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Taylor tries to work over Gold's front leg with a kick but Gold checks it.
Gold throws a leg kick but Taylor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gold moves out of range as Taylor throws a body kick.
Taylor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gold throws out the jab.
Taylor tries to clinch but Gold moves out of range.
Taylor throws a combination that misses
and Gold counters with a thumping low kick.
Gold connects with a solid leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Taylor blocks the leg kick.
Gold fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Taylor checks it well.
Taylor swinging wildly here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taylor.
Taylor shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gold sprawls well. Gold wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Taylor gets slowly back to his feet.
Taylor checks a low kick from Gold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taylor on the side of the head.
Jamie Gold is winning the standup battle so far.
Gold slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Good work by Gold as he checks the leg kick.
Gold looks for the body kick but Taylor saw that one coming.
Gold keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gold looks to land a body kick but Taylor moved away.
Taylor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gold moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gold scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gold is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Gold tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylor does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gold connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries a head kick but it misses.
Taylor wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Gold.
Taylor moves out of range as Gold throws a body kick.
Taylor checks the leg kick.
Gold throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Taylor scores with a jab to the head.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gold moves away.
Gold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gold takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Gold moves into the clinch.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Gold.
Gold tries to work over Taylor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taylor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taylor wants to break free but Gold has control.
A short left from Gold.
Gold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gold creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taylor stalling the fight.
Gold looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taylor takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gold tries a body shot but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor is trying to break free.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taylor can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Taylor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamie Gold dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Taylor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Gold moves away and avoids it.
Gold scores with a push kick.
Taylor slips under a jab from Gold.
A bone on bone clash there as Taylor blocks the leg kick.
Gold tries to score with a low kick but Taylor moves his leg out of the way.
Taylor throws a right hand that Gold ducks under and follows up with a left that Gold also avoids with ease.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gold throws a lazy body kick
and Taylor counters with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gold.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taylor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Gold takes the fight into the clinch.
Gold trying to control the position but instead, Taylor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gold into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold blocks the elbow strike.
Gold misses with some punches.
Taylor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gold prevents it.
Gold misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taylor trying to land knees to the body.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Taylor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jamie Gold is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gold up against the cage.
Gold stalling in the clinch.
Gold blocks a body shot from Taylor.
Gold stalling against the cage.
Gold avoiding damage as Taylor throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taylor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Taylor swings wildly with an uppercut but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sid Taylor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taylor blocks a body shot from Gold.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Gold controls the action.
Gold throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gold scores with a jab to the head.
Jamie Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Taylor at a distance.
Taylor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Taylor misses with a leg kick
and Gold cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gold looks to land a body kick but Taylor moved away.

Gold pushes Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Taylor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gold blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gold lands a body shot in the clinch.
Taylor misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Gold showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gold, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Gold!
During a confident post fight interview, Jamie Gold thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.