PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leon Louis (ranked 1007 p4p, 998 weight class) and Meldrick Taylor (ranked 156 p4p, 155 weight class). Louis comes to the cage accompanied by Flatbush ZOMBiES - Ascension. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Louis
vs
Taylor

179 cm
26
176
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
175
10 - 5 - 1

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
Conviction

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leon Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Meldrick Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Louis doesn't seem bothered though.
Louis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taylor. Taylor circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Louis misses the shot to the body.
Leon Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Louis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Louis lands with an overhand left.

Louis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Louis lands in his opponent's guard.
Taylor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Taylor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Taylor's head.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
Louis scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Louis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Louis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Taylor controlling the position.
Taylor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Louis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Louis tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.
Louis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Louis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Louis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Taylor can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws a strike but Taylor rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Louis looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Taylor puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Louis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Louis tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Taylor has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Louis tries to reverse the position but Taylor maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Louis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Louis gets back to half guard.
Louis manages to get to full guard.
Taylor stopping the sweep attempt from Louis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis wants to improve his position but instead Taylor has moved into half guard.
Louis is looking to improve his position.
Louis is looking to get back to full guard here but Taylor has managed to pass to side control instead.
Louis is looking for a sweep.
Louis is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Taylor lands a leg kick that knocks Louis off balance momentarily.
Louis lands a nice shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Louis.
Taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Leon Louis has been cut.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taylor wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good exchange - Louis coming out on top.
Louis looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Taylor! But no joy.
Louis fails with the takedown
and Taylor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Taylor's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Louis misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Taylor! But no joy.
Louis connects with a body shot that sends Taylor's belly button to the back.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louis manages to avoid it.
Louis throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis tries for a takedown but Taylor circles away easily
letting Taylor counter with a right hand.
Taylor attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Louis clobbers Taylor with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Taylor now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Taylor misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louis catches Taylor with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Louis closes the distance and pushes Taylor back into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Louis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Taylor prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Louis.
Louis lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taylor misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Taylor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Louis backwards.
Taylor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Louis backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Louis tries a body shot but Taylor blocks it.
Taylor lands with a light punch inside.

Taylor breaks from the clinch.

Louis gets a clinch.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Louis.
Taylor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Louis's elbow.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taylor tries to work over Louis's front leg with a kick but Louis checks it.
Louis misses with a hook to the body
and Louis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Taylor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Louis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Louis.
A nice side step and Taylor releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Taylor looks to land a right hand but Louis moved out of range.
Taylor changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Meldrick Taylor seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor scores with a body shot.
Louis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Louis misses with a hook. Taylor ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Taylor was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Louis fails to land the takedown.
Taylor checks a leg kick.
Taylor checks a low kick from Louis.

Louis moves into the clinch.

Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Taylor checks a leg kick.
Taylor appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Taylor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Taylor throws out a loose jab but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taylor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Louis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Taylor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Taylor checks the leg kick nicely there.
Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Louis throws a low kick but Taylor avoids it.
Taylor throws out a counter right but Louis avoids it with no problem.
Louis cracks Taylor with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor thuds his right hand into Louis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Louis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Taylor ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Louis doesn't manage to clinch there - Taylor circles away.
Taylor feints a counter leg kick.
Louis tries to clinch
and Taylor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taylor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Louis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Louis darts in trying to clinch
and Taylor counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Meldrick Taylor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Leon Louis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Taylor misses with an uppercut. Louis saw that one coming.
Taylor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Louis fakes the leg kick and cracks Taylor in the body.
Taylor thuds a left hand into Louis's body.
Louis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A head kick by Louis misses
and Louis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Louis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Taylor's guard.
Louis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Louis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Louis stands up over Taylor, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Taylor swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Taylor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Louis throwing strikes from guard but Taylor blocks nicely.
Taylor keeping full guard, as Louis tries to pass.
Taylor looking to control.
Louis is looking to work some ground and pound but Taylor has wrist control.
Louis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Louis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Taylor working a defensive guard here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Louis is looking to work some ground and pound but Taylor has wrist control.
Louis tries to free his leg and advance position but Taylor is retaining full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Louis throws a leg kick
and Taylor counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Louis.

Louis clinches.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taylor misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis misses with some punches.
Taylor misses with some punches.
Taylor lands a nice uppercut.
Louis struggles to land a body shot inside as Taylor controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws a head punch that misses.
Louis lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Taylor.
Louis lands with a right to the head.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Taylor.
Nice body punch from Louis.
Louis scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Taylor fails to land.
Louis blocks an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Taylor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Louis - that landed with a thud.
Taylor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Louis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Taylor pulls his leg out and moves away.

Louis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Louis throwing shots but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Leon Louis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Louis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Taylor's head.
Louis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor has hold of Louis's hands but Louis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Louis works his way into side control.
Taylor defending against the ground and pound.
Taylor taking a bit of punishment here - Louis scoring with strikes.
The strikes coming from Louis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Taylor dodges the ground and pound from Louis.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Louis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Louis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Louis!
A very excited looking Leon Louis rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.