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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jackson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Can't be Touched. Taylor has chosen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Quinton Jackson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Quinton Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tim Taylor!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson swings for the body but Taylor moves out of range.
Taylor avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Taylor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taylor.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
A slow jab from Taylor misses its intended target.
Taylor tries to score with a low kick but Jackson moves his leg out of the way.
Taylor lands with a nice body punch.
Taylor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jackson's head backwards.
Taylor looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Jackson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a two punch combination.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson moves away from the strike by Taylor.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Taylor.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
Taylor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Taylor throws a right hand that misses
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Taylor.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Jackson should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor throws a wild body kick that Jackson sees coming a mile off.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Taylor's head but Taylor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Taylor slips the punch.
Jackson cracks Taylor with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jackson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Tim Taylor has been cut.
Taylor lands with a good body shot.
Taylor smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Taylor throws a right hand that Jackson ducks under and follows up with a left that Jackson also avoids with ease.
Jackson shoots in but no luck this time.
Tim Taylor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a head kick!
Jackson moves away from the strike by Taylor.
Taylor bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taylor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taylor misses with a jab to the body
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Taylor cracks the inside of Jackson's front leg.
Taylor scores with a nice body kick.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Taylor staying out of range there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Taylor cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
A head kick misses from Taylor.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Jackson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Taylor misses with a body shot.
Taylor slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Taylor throws a big shot that misses.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Taylor avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Taylor. Taylor obviously looking to wear him down.
Taylor swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Taylor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Taylor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Taylor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jackson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Taylor's half guard.
Taylor wants to improve his position but Jackson is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor gets back to full guard.
Taylor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jackson's guard.
Jackson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jackson has a closed guard, preventing Taylor from standing up.
Jackson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jackson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Taylor puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Taylor trying to control from half guard but Jackson is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to control but can't.
Taylor decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Taylor throws a chopping leg kick but Jackson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Quinton Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Taylor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Taylor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Jackson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Jackson avoids a kick to the body.
Jackson staying out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Jackson. Those never looked like landing.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Taylor's shoulder, as Taylor tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Taylor.
Jackson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor scores with a jab to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice shot lands for Taylor.
Taylor buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Taylor throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jackson.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taylor.
Jackson cracks Taylor with a good jab.
A big right from Taylor misses.
Taylor misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor scores with a sloppy right hand. Jackson should have avoided that one.
Taylor misses with a left hand
and Jackson counters with a two punch combo.
Taylor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Taylor.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Jackson lunges at Taylor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taylor's hand.
Taylor throws a hook but Jackson avoids it easily.
Taylor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jackson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor lands with a shot to the body.
Jackson moves out of range as Taylor strikes.
Taylor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Taylor.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Taylor moves away and avoids it.
Jackson misses with a body shot.
Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
Taylor pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Taylor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Taylor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jackson cracks Taylor with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tim Taylor's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Taylor throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Taylor sprawls well. Taylor wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Taylor.
Taylor with a hook.
Taylor connects with a right hand. Jackson shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor throws a head kick that misses.
Tim Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Taylor.
Jackson misses with a looping left.
Taylor drops his hands momentarily and Jackson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A lazy left from Taylor finds it's target.
Taylor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taylor has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Taylor thows a body shot but no joy.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Taylor's ribs.
Taylor walks into a jab.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick from Taylor.
Taylor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Taylor sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Taylor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taylor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Taylor which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinton Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taylor feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jackson's calf.
Jackson defending well as Taylor loads up on a big left hand.
Taylor swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jackson has a takedown stuffed.
Jackson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Quinton Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor throws a push kick but Jackson slaps the foot to one side.
Taylor misses with a straight right.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.
Taylor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tim Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A good leg kick by Taylor.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taylor.
Taylor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Taylor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jackson has time to react.
A slow jab from Jackson misses its intended target.
Taylor lands with a good body shot.
Jackson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Taylor is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor scores with a nice strike.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taylor keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice cross by Taylor.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Taylor scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Taylor looks to land a body kick but Jackson moved away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taylor takes a swing at Jackson's ribcage but misses.
Taylor scores with a body shot.
Jackson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tim 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Taylor!
Tim Taylor was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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